[plug] What hardware would suit a beginner

[Benjamin]

Hi Reza,

I would also like to suggest you attend a PLUG meetup. You can bring a
laptop and have us help you walk through installing and setting up whatever
flavour of Linux you want and get some immediate help.

You could even install Linux on your Mac if you wanted.

Thanks,
~ Benjamin

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 9:43 AM Warren Argus <warren at warbel.net> wrote:

> Hi Reza,
>
> As others have said, the answer really depends on what you want to learn
> and do with Linux (and your budget of course!).
>
> The best way to learn is by doing and if you have the time and money, I
> can recommend Linux Academy courses (https://linuxacademy.com/) in
> particular the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Linux essentials course:
> https://linuxacademy.com/cp/modules/view/id/161 which I think is free and
> will introduce you to a lot of the basics. If you start there and use
> virtual machines to learn on it will save you a lot of heartache (and
> re-imaging) until you really understand how Linux works and feel
> comfortable modifying the system, breaking it, and fixing it.
>
> If you're really keen to use some physical hardware then a RaspberryPi is
> a lot of fun, otherwise any old Desktop PC will be enough to get started
> on. It really depends on what you want to do.
>
> In terms of distributions I would recommend sticking to the major
> platforms that are easy to use: Centos, or Ubuntu (or Linux Mint which I
> think is a bit more user friendly again for desktop users).
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Warren
>
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> *Date*: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:47:09 +0000 (UTC)
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm switching to Linux from Mac and have no knowladge about it.
> Can you please advise a low cost hardware and what is the best way of
> learning?
>
> Thanks
> Reza
>
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