I’ll second recommending Raspberry Pi as a secondary machine. That way your primary computer is still around as a fallback.
If you have a spare monitor to add, a Raspberry Pi 400 for $100.00 is a great way to try out Linux on dedicated hardware.
The Canakit version even comes with a printed welcome guide.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I installed Linux on a raspberry pi recently (first time using Linux in 15+ years), and in addition to reading stuff on Lemmy, this is a good use case for chatgpt or similar LLMs.
I was able to get it to explain stuff to me, ask it to dumb it down further, etc.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 week ago
LLMs have been trained so heavily on Linux documentation that you can even have it hallucinate a Linux terminal at you!