We recommend setting up a virtual machine if you are using the windows operating system. lubuntu is a good, lightweight target. Downloading and installing virtualbox will also be helpful but you can use any hypervisor and UI. Vmware Player/Fusion/Workstation, UTM, Gnome Boxes, and KVM/Virt-Manager are both good alternatives to Virtualbox depending on the OS you are running.
To set up a Lubuntu VM, you can use a virtualization software such as VirtualBox or VMware. Once you have installed the virtualization software, you can create the VM using this guide for vmware/virtualbox.
If you installed a virtual machine, you will continue to install docker using the following docker-engine guide. If you are on MacOS and Windows and are feeling dangerous, you can install docker desktop.
On linux, you will need to make sure that your user is added to the docker group and that the service is started.
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
sudo systemctl enable --now docker
After adding you user to the docker group, log out and back in. At this point you are ready to get started with the labs
Some useful programs can be installed as such.
sudo apt install -y vim git git-lfs
Check out the labs in the labs/ directory. You can also find dotfiles from club members linked here