[sudo-discuss] recommendations for vps for beginning hacker/coder

[aaronco36]

Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
> my friend Christopher is trying to learn linux and coding of various kinds, but
> he doesn't have a computer that he can install software onto, so i'm
> recommending that he get a VPS somewhere, install linux on it, and play with
> web stuff and use it as his computer until he can get his own hardware back.
> ...
> ...
> anyway, pipe up if you have recommendations for him.

One of the major constraints here is "he doesn't have a computer that he
can install software onto", so that quickly rules out using using an
installation of VirtualBox on his host computer (along with a linux
guest distribution) as well as booting-up his host computer with a linux
liveUSB/liveCD distribution.

While it is not directly "learning Linux" by itself, the  'SDF Public
Access UNIX System' https://sdf.org/ offers the useful ability to setup
a free UNIX shell account on SDF using SSH (Secure Shell) or TELNET.
IIRC, all Windows and Mac OS's have some equivalent of SSH and TELNET
already available(?), so no additional installation of software is
really required here.  The SDF Public Access UNIX System uses NetBSD 7.x
instead of linux.

Another virtual means of "learning linux and coding of various kinds" is
Zed A Shaw's 'Learn Code the Hard Way' series  
https://learncodethehardway.org/ . 
The 'Learn UNIX the Hard Way' site https://learncodethehardway.org/unix/
writes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Learn Unix The Hard Way is a full course in manual system administration
of Linux, BSD, and OSX machines through continually setting up and
breaking them. That's right, you'll learn how to configure and destroy
Linux. If you're a DevOps professional or programmer who feels weak in
your Unix skills then this book is perfect for you. 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Have to break here, 'cause Jake just walked in for HHN. 

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