Get a Linux machine

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• What computers should I buy?
  • First computer should be a laptop to install Linux
  • Second computer should be a mini server
  • Third computer should be a server tower for VMs
• Which Linux distro should you learn?
• BSD UNIX and Linux
• VMware Workstation/Fusion Pro is free
• Allocate 100GB storage to virtual machine
• Do not use your work computer for personal stuff
• Linux Desktop is often the wrong tool for the job
• GUIX is awesome, but probably won't get you a job
• Don't start with Arch (and beware of Arch users)
• Configure three computers at once with tmux syncronize-panes

• 😎 copy from one computer to another the cool way with netcat

• Know the Unix philosophy

  1. https://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/
  2. https://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
  3. Take risks, fail faster