The alternative to Conda style python environments is to use Python's virtual environment approach. There is an environment module on all HPC clusters named: python/3.12.7 that can be used.

Ubuntu is a free computer system, like Windows or macOS, but it’s built by a community. It’s great for programmers because it’s very flexible and has lots of tools already built-in that help you code.

JetBrains has detailed its eighth annual Python Developers Survey. This survey is conducted as a collaborative effort between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains’ PyCharm team.