Slackware torrents won't install.

Hello Linux friends thank you for allowing me into your group. I have just recently decided to become a computer programer so i am as new a newbie as there is. I am getting started with Linux while also starting on Python. I am trying to make due with a refurbished 2011 Mac Mini using Parallels to run Windows 10 before having to invest in a new computer. I also consider this my expendable computer in case i really mess something up. I would like to install Slackware but the torrents wouldn't install so i got directed here trying to take the next step. Appreciate any advice.