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I'm currently a junior student major in Computer Science. I am looking for an internship this summer but mostly in the job descriptions, they require "Experience developing on or using the Linux operating system". I never use Linux OS so do you guys have any suggestion about the good books, tutorials for beginners to learn programming on Linux? I've been coding C++, Java on Mac OS, and I know Mac OS is one form of UNIX, is it considered to be having "experience developing on UNIX"? And I don't know which Linux edition should I use because there are a lot different editions out there. Thank you very much and I really appreciate your replies.

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"Experience developing on or using the Linux operating system" often refers to "I can use the command line tools, can use a text editor, navigate the file system with cd and ls, have an understanding of umask and file permissions." - You can get these with Mac OS. Developing on unix would depend on what they want - eclipse and java is one thing, vim and gcc is another. – MichaelT Apr 26 at 23:45
All that said, the FAQ states that for Programmers.SE is about programing concepts - design and algorithms, not so much about unix command line tools, and even less about career advice. – MichaelT Apr 26 at 23:46

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