migrating C++ to Linux from UNIX, I have never used linux before what do I do?

[Beaufort]

hi my company asked me which I would pick Windows or Linux, and I picked
Linux,

I have to develop applications but to make a strong case, I don't know where
to begin in Linux,
I have been programming in C++/UNIX for 3 years now and I have to migrate to
Linux, any help?

resources, tools out there, that are a must have?

I am also thinking about installing it on a home machine.

thanks

[Grant Edwards]

In article <ArEPa.539$C0...@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>, Beaufort wrote:

> I have been programming in C++/UNIX for 3 years now and I have
> to migrate to Linux, any help?

For all practical purposes, Linux _is_ UNIX. There isn't any
"migration" that needs to be done. I used to do development on
both Solaris and Linux, and very rarely noticed any difference
at all. [I remember some obscure difference having to do with
signals, but I forget what it was.]

> resources, tools out there, that are a must have?

Same as any other Unix system: make, ctags, gcc, gdb,
and <your-editor-of-choice>.

> I am also thinking about installing it on a home machine.

Definitely.

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[Guardian83]

Beaufort wrote:
Well I'm fairly new to UNIX/LINUX but Linux is basicly a pared down
modernized UNIX with a desktop. Pretty much from the command line
everythings going to be the same for you. Most of the major apps and
packages your framiliar with will work on linux or have linux versions.

I would deffinitly install at home so you can play with it. All Linux is
pretty much the same; a distribution is pretty much the kernel, a couple
desktops and several gigs of free software that have already been made to
work together.

For the tottal newbie i would suggest Mandrake 9.1; thats what i'm running
and I love it. For the diehard i've heard Debian is popular because you can
build it up from the kernel it'self. all the rest seem to fall somewhere
inbetween.

try searching www.google/linux or
http://www.tldp.org/tldp-redirect.php?url=/
to start reading.

Good Luck

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