posting this from linux lol
i set up a virtual machine running linux mint... somehow, it was both simpler and far more complicated than i expected. but i did it! this window is very small and i don't know how to make it bigger. i feel like i'm in a submarine
i then spent thirty+ entire minutes trying to install the virtualbox guest additions so i could make the view a reasonable size. i've never used a vm before. let's not do that again