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I recommend installing Ubuntu on a separate partition to avoid upgrading issues later on:

Then completing this Rails tutorial:

Then expanding your knowledge with RailsCasts while developing your own web application:

I would run it in a VM not as a separate bootable partition and use Hyper-V to create it.

It's a lot easier just to dedicate one to school work and dispose of it when done, or clone it another VM is needed.

That way Ubuntu is just another app.

Am aware of Railscasts. Thank you for the links to the video and RailsTutorial.