[Gllug] RHCE - worth doing?

[Tushar Joshi]

I'd personally go for LPI since if you go for RHCE then you are going to be
a bit specific to RH. At least with LPI you are going to learn an all
rounder. And lets be honest lots of companies use different distros from
Slackware/Debian through to Mandrake/RH/SuSe (sorry if I've ommited
someone's favourite distro). The other thing is I wonder how theoretical a
linux course can be. I'd suspect most of them are pretty practical since
linux is practical. It's not as if you are going to learn some imaginary OS
. 


Tushar

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 01:30:27PM +0000, Martyn Drake wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:06:40 +0000 (GMT) Ms. Lene Jensen wrote:
> 
> > > Sair/GNU Linux	www.linuxcertification.com (Wave Technologies)
> > > LPI		www.lpi.org
> > > BrainBench	www.brainbench.com
> > 
> > I have this one as well as RHCE, and although not a bad one, cannot 
> > compare to RHCE.
> 
> Fair enough - I'll give it a miss :)
>  
> > > Linux+		www.comptia.org		(CompTIA)
> > 
> > I assume these exams are good as a test of theoretical knowledge, and 
> > they don't really compete with RHCE.
> 
> I'm not a theory person - I've always been pratical and hands-on with
> stuff.  Hence why I dropped out of uni - I was never a good academic. 
> > > The RHCE is very practical exam while the others are multiguess.
> > > Really depends on your prospective employer if it is worth it.
> > 
> > RHCE has been rated the best certification by Certification Magazine in 
> > their January 2002 magazine:
> 
> There's a Certification Magazine?!  Just goes to show you the sort of
> weird and wonderful things people publish these days... 
> > The RHCE is a 6 hour practical exam.  2.5 hours are spent on debugging
> > problems, one hour is multiple choise, and finally 2.5 hours to install
> > and set up services to specifications.  The exam tests your ability to
> > administrate a system, not how good you are to memorise facts (although
> > that is tested as well).  Each part requires that you to get at least
> > 50% correct, and the overall score must be 80% or above.
> 
> Sounds right up my street then :)  As long as the problems are real-world
> and not something that would never happen unless you happen to be the
> unluckiest chap in the universe 
> > Between 50-60% fail the exam the first time.
> 
> Ouch :(  However, that hasn't put me off in the slighest.  It's good to
> know that there is a relative high standard pass mark otherwise the
> industry would be flooded with people with RHCEs who don't actually know
> very much.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Martyn
> 
> 
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