Conversations

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.

The other two pieces of info that was discussed wasthe serious discrepencies between the SAIR study materials and the SAIR certification tests. I firmly believe that this certification series is a dead test and hasn't been updated by Thomson Learning in what I beleive is about 5 years. This all inspite of the fact that SAIR is releasing new study materials for Linux training. Makes you wonder why someone would be interested in updating their course materials without updating their tests. I also found out that I wasn't the only one who complained of the tests not being updated.

The final piece of info was the the Linux + is still only a general knowledge certification test which from what I've read in other articles I've linked to in previous posts is good for very little.

It looks like the general pathway for Linux certification is to get the LPI first then build towards either the Red Hat series or the Novell series. With LinuxWorld going on this week hopefully I'll have some other news regarding Linux certification.