For this reason, the hacker culture today is pretty strongly unix-centered. There are many types of unix-like operating systems, the most popular being linux, which you can run alongside microsoft windows on the same machine.
[header] How to become a hacker [title] Run a unix-like os, such as linux. [step] Unix and unix-like operating systems are the operating systems of the internet. While you can learn to use the internet without knowing unix, you can't be an internet hacker without understanding unix.