I have never before used linux and am starting college as a cs major and would like to learn. I have no clue where to start. Should I use it as a virtual desktop or dedicate a cheap laptop to it? Which version? Best applications to learn? Any and all info would help
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Jump to PostI would highly recommend that virtualization approach. You can use VMWare or VirtualBox (free) to build your guest VMs. As you evaluate them and are finished, you simply delete without any additional configuration change on your host computer. This allows you to run multiple VMs at the same time and …
Jump to PostI disagree with the VM approach. Unless you have a fairly new machine, VMs can be very slow. To truely get a feel for linux, I'd suggest using Ubuntu's Win Installer. I wouldn't worry about getting a whole new machine, that is unless you have a 40gb HDD or really …
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