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<DIV>Hi Lee,</DIV>
<DIV> In answer
to your questions may I say this :-</DIV>
<DIV> As a
Linux user of about 3 yrs standing, Suse 9.1 onwards I would say LP1 101 and LP1
102 are definitely worth getting for study. At almost 76 and studying them for
my own interest only the study guides including the LNAG (Linux Newbie
Administrator Guide) by Stan,Peter and Marie Klamas available for free download
as PDF files are found at The Linux Documentation Project, all well worth
having. They average 175 pages each and between them contain all the info a
Linux user could need. </DIV>
<DIV> Were I
younger, after a bit more study I would get the qualifications you mention and
from that solid base find employment in the Linux field.</DIV>
<DIV> My answer
is they are absolutely worth the time taken to study, They are definitely not
expensive and very very relevant. Whichever distro you adopt the basics are the
same and with a GUI interface it just gets easier and easier for the beginner.
Try asking a Windows user any technical question or ask for help then join a LUG
to see the difference. With Linux this present time reminds me of when I was an
Atari enthusiast in 1982 onwards. I gave up on Linux about ten years ago but how
pleasantly surprised I was when I tried Knoppix 3.3 ? as a live CD and
sorted out my failed Windows 95 setup. </DIV>
<DIV> In
September as a member of SLUG I shall be at the Hamfest at Enginuity
Coalbrookdale again extolling the virtues of Linux with our freebie CD's and
literature to nervous Windows users, explaining yes thay can install Ubuntu 8.04
alongside Windows using WUBI with no fear of ruining their beloved Windows
setup. Last year our youngest enquirer was a boy of about 12 and a man the same
age as I am now 76. It reminds me of that old toast "may you live as long as you
want to and want to as long as you live".</DIV>
<DIV> With
best wishes to all at Wolves LUG</DIV>
<DIV>
Peter</DIV></FONT> </BODY></HTML>