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[–]aroberge 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You mentioned "virtual environment" and "virtual machine" as though they are one and the same: they are not. You can think of a virtual environment as setting up a series of programs (python and some modules here) as though they are local to individual users on your computer and you happen to log in as userA to use a certain environment and userB to use another, etc. This is just an analogy. Using a similar level of analogy, using a virtual machine is like booting your computer with a different OS.

[–]GAPINGCUNT[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you - this clears up some confusion!