If you're still interested, ignore the requirement. Most Linux sysadmins are self-made and supply is tight enough that nobody will care if you prove you know yo

If you're still interested, ignore the requirement. Most Linux sysadmins are self-made and supply is tight enough that nobody will care if you prove you know your stuff. When I was a student I was hanging out in an IRC room for discussion of SELinux, asking questions. One night a Red Hatter PMd me and invited me to apply for a job, which was an exciting thing because I'd never been asked to apply for a job before. But my heart sank because the job ad had a huge list of requirements, so I regretfully informed the guy that I couldn't apply because I did not have enough years of experience. He just laughed and said there were probably five people on the planet who actually met those job requirements and told me to apply anyway. In the end I didn't because I wasn't actually finished with the degree at that time, but the way he treated the job ad as a bit of a joke was definitely a useful life lesson. Job ads are often not written by the people who want to hire, so a lot gets lost in translation.