The easiest way to get started with Fabric8 on your laptop is via Vagrant below:
We highly recommend using the Fabric8 Vagrant image as the fastest way to get started:
The ideal linux based platform for running Fabric8 is OpenShift V3:
If you already have OpenShift installed then try:
Otherwise checkout how to install OpenShift:
If you are Java developer then Jube is an option.
Note currently Jube got broken as fabric8 followed OpenShift 1.0 and Kubernetes 1.0. We will be fixing this soon ;)
Hopefully that will get you started quickly; if you hit any issues check out the FAQ, get in touch or raise an issue