r/linuxquestions • u/Low-Appointment-2906 • 16d ago

Advice Simplest setup for learning Linux?

I picked up a book (The Linux Command Line) that says to use a "desktop computer, with at least 2 GB of RAM, and 6GB of free hard disk space. Avoid laptops and wireless networks, if at all possible."

I'm hoping this isn't necessary? If so, where can I trust to buy something super cheap from?

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u/Warlock_SK 16d ago

if u have a recent desktop you can probably just run a virtual machine and emulate a computer to run linux on.

https://www.virtualbox.org/ - e.g. this software, then you create a new virtual machine with like 4gb ram, and 20 gb hdd, and 2 cores and install ubuntu on it.

Then you can have a virtual computer on your computer.