dudley Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 What Linux certifications should I go for? LPI or Linux+? Are employers going to say, 'wait a minute, you skipped A+' and such? I know RHCE is good, but I'm not sure I want to be limited to one distro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aadhu Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 hey i wanna know that too.. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 well i will still say go for RHCE .. its understandable if u miss linux+ for it ... but not understandable if u miss RHCE for linux+ .. my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudley Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 so this is equivalent to going for, say, an MCSE rather than just an A+? i'm wondering how standard the RHCE is, how it might apply to other distros/environments. obviously MCSE and such limits you to Microsoft. but if it gets the job, it gets the job, i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 24, 2004 RedHat has samples from their written portions of their test on their website (I forget where, but they are there). They have differetn certs/tests and each of them have sample questions, so you can use that as a litmus test for your readiness and the certification's fitness to your wants and needs. From my memory of the sample questions, most of the ones I tried are pretty generic to Linux, but there are a lot of questions on the "RedHat Way" of things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_daemon Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 I am very interested in this as well. I want a Linux certification -- badly. I'm getting my A+ soon... (My god, who wrote such stupid questions... "In windows 98 this icon is called X. In windows NT 4 it's called y. How is it called in Windows XP?" -- WHO CARES? I'll find out anyways... thank god for standardized tests.) So, which one do you think should I get? At the end of my studies, I'll have A+, Network+ MCSE, CCNA (or CCNE, depends) and I was thinking RHCE... but RHCE is damn expensive. Where can I get more information on Linux+? Is it a comptia one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudley Posted March 25, 2004 Author Share Posted March 25, 2004 Linux+ is from CompTIA; there's also LPI (Linux Professional Institute or something like that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellBender Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 LPI is quite harder than Linux+ and therefore is worth more. I took both.. I failed the LPI but passed Linux+ :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_daemon Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 Linux+ sounds very interesting. My school is currently a Comptia partner (herzing), so it should be available... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudley Posted March 25, 2004 Author Share Posted March 25, 2004 HellBender how was the Linux+ exam? Can you give us some pointers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellBender Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 HellBender how was the Linux+ exam? Can you give us some pointers? Linux+ is a breeze. If you're a regular at the Linux forums, you'll do fine.. Regular stuff like printing, networking, etc. If youre looking for study material, I highly recommend the TestKing questions pdf. Theres about 60 questions on the test.. OUt of that, about 35 of mine were straight out of TestKing, word-for-word. If you want to warez it you can find it on emule or such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudley Posted March 25, 2004 Author Share Posted March 25, 2004 Cool, thanks for the tip, HB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKer Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 (edited) I'de go with SUSE - http://www.suse.com/us/business/services/t...tion/index.html - or RedHat certifications, they're the most common systems in enterprise environments, I'de say the SUSE one is more demanding - I just reached SCLE level, but I found it more useful. EDIT: forgot to mention the SUSE one is based on the LPI exam, but it focuses somewhat on SLES. Edited March 25, 2004 by UKer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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