Best way to run Tomcat for learning

I am learning java and would like a development platform to learn from. What is the best way for me to get a Tomcat6 installation so that I can run jsp and then Adobe stuff like Blaze DS and LCDS? I have a Windows based VPS, but I would rather have a Linux platform, besides I have live customers on the VPS.
Any advice is welcome!
 
What about using virtualbox www.virtualbox.org VM and installing ubutnu server or centos? You could test it in a totally worry free environment then, yuo may also be able to find a prebuilt image to use for such learning.
 
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