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Depending on the codebase you do not need to do the linux thing... DO NOT get me wrong I prefer linux, and would recommend a *NIX box for if you open it, but if you are interested in seeing and experimenting for yourself, do it on an OS you are comfortable with, with tools you are comfortable with. Don't try and learn, C, linux, how makefiles work, what arguments are needed with gnu cpp and the rest. No matter what OS you are working on the MU provides the same (kind of) services.
It is a TCP server application, supporting multiple clients, and maintaining a database. If you are keen to learn linux as well, go for it, if you aren't ready yet, stick to what you know until you are. If you are planning on later opening it to the world, then you can learn to write platform independant code at the same time.
have a look at it has links to a few codebases, choose one, download it, and as said before, modify, test, modify test... and so on.
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