My search for Linux certificaion and the different resources that I've found available on the internet.
I know this is an older article written in May 2004, but I just found an article at Unix review.com which reviews the SUSE certification. According to the article, LPI level I certification is a requirement before you can test for any of the SUSE certifications.
The Question of the Day site is a site which offers up a daily email with questions from different subject matter. Of course they offer up questions for the LPI 101 and 102 exams. this is another way to regularly test yourself with a variety of different questions from different locations.
While searching around on the RHCE2B.COM I found some good like for LPI 102 practice test. I haven't had a chance to go to deeply into everthing but I did think it was worth a posting to let everyone know about it. They also have a practice test for the LPI 101 test, too.
RHCE2B.COM is a good web site with a lot of good resources and links to other study materials regarding Red Hat certification. The material is a bit dated but still good. Some of the interviews are with Kara Pritchard, who has since gone on and is currently LPI's Director of Exam Development. Jeff Dean has written several articles on Linux Certification and has written the popular book "LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell." David Egan has been involved with Red Hat certification along with other interviews he also wrote "DBA's Guide to Databases UNder Linux." There are also interviews with Frank Gronwald and Tom Allred, unfortunately I haven't found much other useful recent information on either of the two. Either way the site is a good collection of links for preparing for the Red Hat Certifications. Enjoy the interviews and the site overall.
The Linux planet article which we talked about is still going around in Linux circles today. Linux-Tips talks about the same core interview with Scott Meland from Dice with LinuxInsider. The core issue is that in regards to hiring for Linux positions the issue is whether a Linux certification will be the sole determining factor in getting hired, similar to the way an MCSE was used years ago. At some point certifications will come into play as a qualifying factor but that is the only role it should play. All companies should use other qualifying factors to ensure the people they hire are a good corporate match for the company and have the specific skills needed to do what they need to do.
A couple of good resources for booting Linux can be found at the manpage for Boot, and an article written by George O'Keefe called "From Power to Bash Prompt" which covers the entire boot process. George was a PhD student at the Australian National University when he wrote this piece, which is an excellent description of how Linux Boots.
I've been able to find 3 sites which have questions in pdf format for someone to view. The first site is obviously the LPI site and their sample questions. These cover the general topic areas and you should be able to understand those topic areas.
Emmitt Dulaney has an article on the Unix Review site titled "Top 50 Things to Know to Pass the LPIC Exam 102" The article is dated from January 2001 but it does offer up a good start for my second link for the LPI 102 exam. All of the information looks pertinent so this should be a good starter list to begin working from.
Last week Jack made mention of some sites in Europe which offers up Linux training. Unfortunately for us here in the US most of those were offering up training in Europe. Fortunately, Jack did offer up some good sites with some good information. During the next week I'm going to go through some of those sites and let you know what is good in each site. The first site is from Bromley College which is located in the UK.
First off, thanks Jack for the mention.
Through some conversations and searching around I've seen that Bradford Learning has updated their course material as of July. A sample chapter of the LPI101 covering VI, and a sample chapter of the LPI102 covering the Linux Kernel can be found on the site.
The end of the week is almost here & unfortunately there has been no news coming out regarding certifications. In fact, after Tues there hasn't been much in new news coming out of Linux World.
I was talking with another person interested in Linux certification tests earlier today and a number of interesting topics came up. The first was that there was a serious lack of study materials avialable for the LPI cert exams which could quarantee that they covered the LPI exam in depth. I know there are a number of resources online which I've pointed out but unfortunatly there isn't anything out there that will cover everything. The X Window system is one particular area which I've had a hard time in collecting solid information on. I'll keep things updated when ever I can find anything else.
