>>430615225recepie
download install VM, I use Oracle Virtualbox at the moment, You can also use VMWare player which is free
download a Desktop live CD of a linux distro - up to you which
config the machine with a disk, memory - how much depends on the host PC, define the downloaded iso as mounted on the CD. Network - two options to consider, NAT uses your PC address, Bridged gets it's own address from your router
boot, choose the option to install into the HDD. This will give a basic linux install that you can build from
http://www.truecrypt.org/is use a small (5GB truecrypt disk in the VM as a local download location)
https://www.torproject.org/get the latest, uncompress it, run start-tor-browser
(you may need to configure your VM to get tit's time from the internet)