I am starting off with the Intel Galileo, so far I've been able to use the Arduino IDE and the example programs and work on sensors. But they are all in C. I want to use Python, but I don't know the softwares required for me to install and run a simple Python code on my Intel Galileo.
I'm using it on Windows.
Using the Intel IoT Devkit image, you'll have everything you need to run python apps.
You can download it at https://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/iotdk/board-boot-image.html
Find your board IP address and you'll be able to SSH into it. Using the vi editor, you'll be able to write your python scripts.