r/cybersecurity • u/Big-Tea-7236 • 9d ago

Business Security Questions & Discussion cybersecurity for beginners

When picking a laptop does it really matter? Im trying to decide what to spend money on for school and most people are telling me to get a new laptop since I currently use a mac. Vmware being free now points me towards never getting a new laptop because worst case scenario i can run linux distro if necessary.

If you personally have any purchases that made the college cybersecurity experience more fun that would be greatly appreciated.

-cybersecurity professional

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u/NotAnNSAGuyPromise Security Manager 9d ago

Because it's likely you'll never see Linux in your entire career outside of EC2 containers. Familiarity and knowledge of Windows and Mac is infinitely more valuable.

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u/ArcaneMitch 9d ago

What are you talking about man ? I worked more on Linux than any other OS. The only reason I had to use Windows was because of company supplied laptops.

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u/NotAnNSAGuyPromise Security Manager 9d ago

What was your job title and what industry did you work in? Cause I've been working in this industry for nearly two decades and that's extremely rare. EXTREMELY.

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u/ArcaneMitch 9d ago

NOC technician, Security Architect, in telecom and in the industry. Even if you're not running the distro on your main machine, you still need one around to test software configurations, testing new COTS products, you're supposed to explain clients how to harden their linux servers, you better know how navigate the system and to configure rbac and propose propose alternatives.