Testing Plasma Next /KDE5

[O. Sinclair]

hello everyone,

perhaps someone has taken the step already or is aware of possible 
consequenses.

I would like give next version of Plasma a spin/try and see if I can 
help out by filing bugs and so on.

As I understand I can download an ISO of project Neon and run it in a VM 
- but at least from what I have read that might not be optional for 
testing graphical components.

Or I can add a ppa and get it installed and run it on my current 
installation.

However, I am not understanding if the later means that it will mess 
with my current environment or if I "simply" log in to Plasma Next 
session and it is "isolated"?

As my laptop is my work/professional environment I can not risk messing 
it up too badly - hence the questions.

Kind regards
Sinclair