Hello all,

I’m in the market for buying a new laptop to install Linux on. I’m trying to stay with something relatively cheap (Around $300 and below). I’m getting ready to start a degree program in cyber security and did some research, and it seems Kali Linux would be the best distro for me to install.

I would install it on my current computer, but I only have a 2015 MacBook Pro, and I’ve read that a few people run into some issues installing on a Mac compared to a regular PC.

With the above in mind, do I need to increase my budget or does Linux run fine on low-end laptops?

Thanks!

  • KuroJ@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Thanks, I’ll have to look into installing Kali in a vm. I’ve seen distros such as Linux Mint being discussed. Would that be a good daily driver to use?

      • KuroJ@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Thanks again for the advice! Going to install mint on my Mac and go from there!

    • Endrom@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Linux mint is good. I would also recommend endeavourOS as daily driver if you want arch based system and aur.