[Gloucs] LPI Manuals

[Jill Tovey]

> On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 19:16, Simon Porter wrote:
> > Jill Tovey wrote:
> > >We were talking at the meeting about general introductions 
> to Linux and
> then good sites for LPI revision etc so I thought I'd forward 
> on this link
> which provides good notes for the LPI Level 1 and 2.  
> > >
> > >http://www.nongnu.org/lpi-manuals/
> > >
> > >Note that there are some sections from the syllabus omitted in the
> manual such as "maintaining the system time" (102) which 
> featured quite
> heavily in my 102 exam, so if you exclusively use them as 
> revision notes
> make sure you read the syllabus and lookup as necessary.
> > >
> > >Regardless of whether you are taking the exams or not, they're good
> reference/introductory manuals.
> > >
> > >Enjoy 
> > >  
> > Hi,
> > 
> > LPI looks like it may be quite a useful addition to the University 
> > degree I'm taking and have planned in the future to try 
> getting some 
> > certification if possible. I have a few of questions for 
> you or anyone 
> > really. How highly is this certification held? (MSCE is 
> quite common 
> > these days whereas I've read that RHCE is very hard going) 
> Where does it 
> > fit in, in terms of difficulty, compared to other such 
> certifications? 
> > (i.e. Redhat, Novell, Cisco, MSCE). Also how expensive is it?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Simon
> I think it's usually £75 but Jill found it cheaper somewhere? Normally
> shopping around doesn't help much as the vendor sets the 
> price. LPI seem
> to be developing a habit of offering the 101 and 201 for £15 at the
> Linux shows which can save you a bit of money.

I woke up this morning wondering whether I had posted a complete return on investment analysis for taking the LPI exam.  I didn't, that's a relief.

Anyway, I just went through Thomson Prometric to book my test - at the moment it's £55 excluding VAT.  
A completely unsubstantiated guess but it might be that it varies with exchange rates??


> LPI 101 and 102 make up the Level 1 LPIC certification. (so that would
> be £150)
> LPI 201 and 202 make up the level2,
> LPI 301 and 302 are under development as far as I know
> RHCE is a practical exam, there's some RHCE's on the list who 
> hopefully
> wont mind a few questions.
> Redhat also help out the LPI guys according to LPI's FAQ which makes
> sense as they're different types of exam.
> http://www.lpi.org/en/faq1.html
> It's not easy to compare the eaxms you mentioned as they're different
> subject areas. You might compare the Linux+ and LPIC-1 which would be
> appropriate. LPI101 and 102 for £150 compares well to 
> something like the
> A+ which'll cost you about £200 and is (IMHO) not as good as having
> LPIC-1.  
> This is a bit speculative as I've only done the 101:
> If I was starting off I might go for A+, LPI101, Network+ maybe a MCP.
> Depending on where your careers heading you might then go for the CCNA
> which (semester1) overlaps with the Network+, finish off the 
> LPIC-1 with
> LPI102
> If I had a big chunk of experience and was looking at a Linux 
> career I'd
> go for LPIC-2 and RHCE, an MCP won't hurt if you're in a mixed
> environment. If I was going for networking it'd have to be 
> the Network+
> and Cisco. 
> IBM revision materials help too, look for the LPI titled enteries on
> this page:
> http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/views/linux/tutorials.jsp
> Hope it helps
> Guy
> -- 
> Guy Edwards <guy_j_edwards at HotPOP.com>
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