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Here’s a nickel kid. Get yourself a better computer.

If you want to be a sysadmin learn Linux/Unix. Basic bash scripting might be useful down the line to help understand a bit of what’s going on under the hood.

IMHO networking would probably be a better secondary place to focus for a sysadmin track rather than OOP concepts, algorithms etc.

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Thank you for the response. I’ll be sure to up my PC hardware game soon since I have plans to leap into a career shift. What kinds of specs would look good in your opinion?

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My advice would be install any free virtualization software (virtualbox comes to mind) and create some linux VMs, dick around with them. No need to upgrade anything unless you’re using some ancient potato with more than 10 years

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It’s a reference from an old comic

https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/steverumsby/2004/09/20/1b2.JPG

As for Linux stuff grab something small and low powered (raspberry pi etc) and start installing some distros! The possibilities are really endless. Setup a network wide ad blocker, start your own IPTV server, you can setup a networked radio receiver, WireGuard for VPNs. Immerse yourself and figure out what you find interesting.

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