Remove confusing same machine client/server note

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Luke Murphy 2019-06-20 09:58:47 +02:00
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@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ approaches for day to day use and troubleshooting.
## Prerequisites
The SSH ecosystem is old and venerable. It is available on all modern GNU/Linux
distributions. You can use your home server or if you don't have one yet you
can use your own personal laptop to experiment (in this case, your laptop will
play the role of both the server and client as explained later).
distributions. You will need a home server to run the SSH server and another
machine, like a laptop, to run the SSH client.
The commands shown in this guide were run on a [Debian Stretch] distribution
but the actual tool names should be the same on other distributions.
@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ To install the SSH server on your home server, run:
$ sudo apt install -y openssh-server
```
And from your client (laptop or otherwise), run:
And on your client, run:
```bash
$ sudo apt install -y openssh-client