<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16188">Yeah the call in the Market is mostly for the RHCE, yes you do need to recert and the rules tend to change I did mine in 2010</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16193" dir="ltr">and now I need to recert for RHEL7. I did the course in India which is much cheaper at least at the time but now the difference is less and you can argue the toss on the prices here if you are persistent. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16201" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16237" dir="ltr">Recertification is just a matter of redoing the exams which are £400 rather than the usual first time price of £600.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16207" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16238" dir="ltr">The RHCE is a much better test of Linux in general and RHEL skills in particular although yes it is biased at getting a RHEL system up and working.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16239" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16240" dir="ltr">I may pay the extra and go to India again to do the exam as the change of location means you are focused at passing the exam not doing other stuff !</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16241" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16242" dir="ltr">John A<br> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16205" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16204" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16203" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16206"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1432023947813_16243" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Ron Wellsted <ron@wellsted.org.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 8:34<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wolves] LPI Certficiation<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>On 18/05/15 15:15, Simon Burke wrote:<div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt1479879617" id="yqtfd00580"><br clear="none">> Afternoon everyone,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> To not only try to stimulate some conversation, but because work wants<br clear="none">> me to look into it.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> What are peoples opinions on the LPI Certifications?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> My understanding is that they are at the same level as the Comptia stuff<br clear="none">> (i.e. you know how to turn stuff on and do the essential bits), and that<br clear="none">> it's not really worth it. The other popular opinion I've came across is<br clear="none">> to "just get a RHCE instead". The latter of which is a little cost<br clear="none">> prohibitive, especially if you are self funding yourself through the<br clear="none">> courses, exams etc.<br clear="none">> Looking at the content, I don’t think there is much in the Level 1<br clear="none">> course that isn’t going to be know by someone who's used Linux for a<br clear="none">> period of time.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Plus I've never seen anywhere that has this as a requirement or even<br clear="none">> acknowledge it's existence. So how it's seen in the real world is<br clear="none">> another question itself.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thanks,<br clear="none">> Simon.</div><br clear="none">I took the 101 exam in the early days, but never progressed beyond that<br clear="none">to a full certification. The preparation for the exam did result in me<br clear="none">learning a few things I had not come across before. I also recall that<br clear="none">you had to choose a Debian or Red Hat path (.deb/apt or .rpm).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I have not looked at this recently but I believe the RHCE qualification<br clear="none">has a limited life and needs to be refreshed regularly where as the LPI<br clear="none">certification is permanent.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Ron Wellsted<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:ron@wellsted.org.uk" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ron@wellsted.org.uk">ron@wellsted.org.uk</a> <a href="http://www.wellsted.org.uk/" target="_blank" shape="rect">http://www.wellsted.org.uk</a><br clear="none">Call Sign: M0RNW / Linux Counter No. 202120<div class="yqt1479879617" id="yqtfd11614"><br clear="none"></div><br><div class="yqt1479879617" id="yqtfd76711">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Wolves LUG mailing list<br clear="none">Homepage: <a href="http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/" target="_blank" shape="rect">http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/</a><br clear="none">Mailing list: <a href="mailto:Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk">Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br clear="none">Mailing list home: <a href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves" target="_blank" shape="rect">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves</a></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>