[Scottish] wat courses should i take? {Scanned}

[scotlug at mlsis.co.uk]

Hi,
I've got the opertunity to take a couple of linux based coarses (and a couple of others) over the next few months, and thought id ask you lot what the better corses would be :-

The courses are as follows :-
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 13618D - Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration Curriculum

The Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration Curriculum provides users with a methodology for planning and installing a Red Hat system. It identifies issues to resolve during the planning stage. It also provides an overview of the installation process and teaches the learner how to install a basic Red Hat system. This curriculum builds up a deeper understanding of some installation and startup options. It covers some installation troubleshooting and initial configuration. It also covers how to set up users and manage software after a Red Hat Linux installation. Students will also learn some advanced user administration and X Windows topics. It examines disk quotas and shell configuration, cover Kernel concepts, installation, and configuration, and learn how to set up X Windows servers and clients. This will also cover Network Management and Services. It examines a number of networking technologies such as DNS, NFS and DHCP before explaining PPP configuration, and provide 
 information about installing and configuring network services such as HTTP, FTP, Samba and Printing. Lastly, this curriculum covers security issues and some operational administration topics, system logging, internetworking and services security which are designed to help administrators ensure that their systems are secure. This curriculum consists of five courses: Course 13618 Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration Part 1: Planning and Basic Installation Course 13619 Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration Part 2: Advanced Installation and Basic Configuration Course 13620 Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration Part 3: User Administration and X Windows Course 13621 Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration Part 4: Network Management and Services Course 13622 Linux Red Hat Advanced System Administration Part 5: Security and Operational Administration

Learn To
See individual course descriptions for specific course objectives and scope.

Audience
The audience for this curriculum will be relatively wide. Learners will generally come from three backgrounds: The first group are existing Linux System Administrators whose focus is to learn specifically about Red Hat Linux. The second group is specifically preparing to take the RHCE exam and is using our course to support this certification. The third group is Linux expert/power users who want to learn the nuts and bolts of Red Hat Linux system administration. In general, you can consider the learners who take this curriculum will have a strong understanding of the content in our Linux Essentials curriculum. 

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 14321D - Complete Linux+ Certification Curriculum

The Complete Linux+ Certification Curriculum includes the courses required to teach learners how to plan, implement and install Linux. Students will learn how to manage the X Window System and the Linux Shell, and will also learn about user administration and networking. Students will also learn about administering services and processes, system maintenance, hardware and troubleshooting. This curriculum consists of five Skillbuilder courses: 14321 Linux+ Part 1: Planning and Installing 14322 Linux+ Part 2: Managing Software 14323 Linux+ Part 3: User Administration and Networking 14324 Linux+ Part 4: Administration and Maintenance 14325 Linux+ Part 5: Hardware and Troubleshooting

Learn To
See individual course descriptions for specific course objectives and scope.

Audience
The audience includes Linux Professionals and System Administrators with 6 months of experience with the Linux operating system. They provide basic installation, operation, and troubleshooting services and basic system administration tasks. The prerequisites are: - 6 months experience with the Linux operating system - Core hardware examination from A+ revised for Linux, or equivalent experience - Basic computer skills 

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Im basicly wanting to start looking for Linux admin type jobs, just basic sort of stuff, but something to get me out of the job hole im in at the mo :)

Anyone ever done these types of corses, or anyone any recomendations for which one to choose, or do i just go for both?

Ive done basic linux stuff now for a few years, ive installed quite a few linux servers, both web and samba based, but have upuntil now always used redhat type distros, more a case of throw the cds in, and setup samba/apache/postfix after its installed!


Thanks

Matt Lowe

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