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Foundations: Linux on a VPS

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Foundations: Linux on a VPS

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- [Instructor] If you're learning about Linux or need a place to practice your skills, you might not have a dedicated workstation with a Linux installation. If so, a good choice for working with Linux is to use one of the cloud providers. Cloud providers run a virtual Linux machine in their data centers, one that can be left on or can be shut down when you're not using it to save resources and thus to save on costs. Many cloud providers off a free tier of pricing. That is, one with either limited resources or a limited period of time they won't charge you for. In the next few episodes, we'll explore working with Linux on some common cloud providers. In this episode, I want to focus on Linux running on a VPS, or virtual private server in general. Sometimes you can get a VPS that's a pretty basic install and you have to take care of a lot of the other setup yourself. Other times you can deploy a virtual machine image that already has a lot of configuration taken care of. It might be…

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