I'd advise to try to install a Linux to a VM, and if you have a bit of experience with VMs, try LFS in a VM. Try VirtualBox if you have no prior experience. With a VM you're in complete control, you can try anything, fuck up like nothing matters and restart, pause, make snapshots and use them as checkpoints. Googling commands is not a problematic thing at all, and if you run a VM then you have the safety of the host OS to listen to your favorite music and google anything you come across.