I tried Ubuntu on a laptop, and when i saw the Amazon logo, I did a double take. I actually got a bit dizzy, and had to evaluate what I had just done.
Shame on me though, because I installed Ubuntu on a vps, and got spam in my ssh session. “Get Ubuntu pro now!”
Sigh.
It’s not a virtual machine. It’s an operating system running directly on your hardware from a drive. The drive just happens to be a USB stick.
I’ll take this space to further the recommendation to get a cheap machine with which to experiment.
It’s what I did for my business. I needed to keep a Windows laptop for client side interactions.
It’s somewhat ugly, but journal++ works well.
And give them a home…