Running Python via Anaconda?

[gruntfutuk]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is OS Python?

Anaconda is like closed eco-system, i.e. distribution with its own python interpreter, packages, package management system, etc.
and OS Python, I think refer to pure Python distribution installed system-wide - e.g.  on Windows - downloaded from https://www.python.org/downloads/

Thanks. I've used Anaconda for some data science stuff but wasn't sure what this meant as I didn't remember it having its own OS and Python stack.

I thought maybe there was a linux distro called OS Python for a moment, with obvious purpose. I tend to do most development in VMs or, more often these days, in containers, rather than "corrupt" my local environment.

My base computer is a MacBook Pro, which of course comes with [an old version of] Python pre-installed.