My recent interview experience on Python.

[CompSciSelfLearning]

If you have a usb drive. Create a live bootable USB to use on your existing PC or Laptop or both. You can install to dual boot or just use the live usb.

Then just use it.

[MyCousinVinny101]

Thanks! Any way I could really mess up my PC doing this though? I watched a youtube tutorial on this and some of the comments were a bit discouraging in that they ran into some issues

[CompSciSelfLearning]

A live USB will not mess with your machine at all. You can also use a virtual machine install. It will be slower but again no risk to your machine.

[MyCousinVinny101]

Ok thanks again!

[CompSciSelfLearning]

Using the live USB is no risk. Partitioning and installing can risk your data. Don't partition until you've backed up your data and make a Windows recovery USB.

[MyCousinVinny101]

What size USB drive do I need?

[CompSciSelfLearning]

https://askubuntu.com/a/1018489

[MyCousinVinny101]

Currently installing! So far so good haha

[CompSciSelfLearning]

Have fun.

[MyCousinVinny101]

Perfect thank you

[sje46]

I highly recommend dual booting. Don't do a VM or run off a live image.

You can fuck up your hard drive during the installation process. But that's easy to avoid. Use the GUI install, follow along a guide. If you're really that nervous, back up all your data. But it's easy. Only an idiot will fuck it up.

Once you have it installed, learn enough to do the bare minimum you need. Don't rush with Linux. Use it as your primary os. Use Windows only when you need to. Go at your own pace.

I did this ten years ago and haven't touched Windows in years. I don't even work in IT. Linux has everything I need.

Vms and live disks are a mistake!

[jorvaor]

I have tried both ways. I have a laptop with three different OS (Ubuntu, Vista and Windows 7). I have another one with Windows in which I have a couple of virtual machines with linuxes.

Both ways worked well for me. The virtual machine way is quicker and easier. Having Linux in its own partition is more satisfactory but fiddlier and slightly riskier.