I perfectly understand your point of view: if you need the PC you use for PRO to work too, it's better you don't mess with it.
FYI, I managed to run PRO. However, I had to use the solution I'd prefer not to use at first: use Wine, the Windows programs "emulator", to run Win32 version.
I suppose there are some good guides here about that, so in case you're interested I give you only some tips: don't install the repository version, use the one in Wine's site instead. The repository version isn't able to run PRO because it's outdated.
This is the link for Mint and Ubuntu users: https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu
Use the stable version, it shouldn't mess your system. Run the app with the command prompt and let Wine install all that it needs.