[wplug] Which certification is the best ?

[Vanco, Donald]

-----Original Message----- 
From: Vanco, Donald 
Sent: Wed 8/20/2003 9:07 PM 
To: wplug at wplug.org; wplug at wplug.org 
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Subject: RE: [wplug] Which certification is the best ?


This has been discussed at length here on WPLUG and on CLUG (Cleveland) - I
might suggest that you take a look at the archives.
 
I'm twice RHCE certified and have taken both LPI 1 and 2, and actually am
testing Friday for the LPI 102 test.
 
The tests are very different in scope.  My opinion (and there's more in that
archives):  the RHCE will make you the best Red Hat / SysV init / rpm-based
distro person possible, whereas the LPI will insure that you've got it
together as a Sys Admin.  Both are very difficult, both are pretty easy -
depending on what question you're looking at at the moment.
I will say the RHCE troubleshooting portion (where they use kickstart loads
to break a fresh install and you have to fix it) is of particular value in
seperating the men from the boys.  (sorry ladies).
 
When I took the LPI 101 and 201 I thought that I aced the 201 and did poorly
on the 101.  I passed the 101 and (just barely) failed the 201 - go figger.
I have a knack for "just missing" tests - I failed a grueling  OpenView cert
by ONE POINT.
 
There are some "fill in the blank" portions on the LPI (the rest being
multiple guess) - one particular question dealt with some obscure SAMBA
issue (and I _never_ deal with SAMBA) so I wrote in "minesweeper".
 
It was also interesting that on one test question 24 was actually answered
by the text of question 26.  I pointed it out to the examiner.  I was
correct.
 
For the cost - and if I were the one paying - I'd take all 4 LPI tests
first.  Pass all 4 and you have LPI 1 & 2 Certs - at half the cost of the
test alone from RH.  The LPI site has some sample test / test profile info.
There's also some decent pages dedicated to it on the 'Net.
 
IMHO - other RH classes and certs are simply a means for RH to get cash.
 
YMMV
Don

-----Original Message----- 
From: Anand Nimbalkar [mailto:anandnimbalkar at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tue 8/19/2003 1:24 PM 
To: wplug at wplug.org 
Cc: 
Subject: [wplug] Which certification is the best ?



Hi, 
Apparently there are a good number of Linux Vendors who are offering 
certification. From what I heard Red Hat is the best and also the toughest. 
Given that I am going to install Linux 9.0 this weekend I dont think so I am

an eligible candidate for Red Hat certification. Can someone suggest other 
certification paths which are recognized in the Linux community ? 
If someone is a RHCE please reply. 
Worst comes to worst I am willing to take RHCE. 

Thanks 

Anand