UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello guys

I stay all day and i looking the best option to make a exams en Linux .. but i find just one option and very expensive (180 Euro x 5 months + 200 matriculation) and in the lpi homepage is just 260 $ FAQ on Exams / FAQ / Certification / Home - LPI -

I live in Spain (Madrid) and i appreciate any information about exams in Linux to get the certificacion LPI 1 .. also i looking a free one if exist in internet .. to lern a little bit

Thank you very much

Years ago, there was a website, Brainbench, that offered free certification exams. They still do today, in addition to other services. Really, though, no one considers Brainbench (or any other free, web-based) certifications to be worth much. The effort that goes into developing exams that really test a person's knowledge requires charging a fee for the exam. Also, it's too easy to cheat on a web-based exam, so they usually do not help.

I completed the LPI level 1 back in 2000. It was a good experience, mostly for what I learned. I don't know that it actually helped me in a search for a job, but the knowledge certainly helped me do my job better.

It looks like you can take courses right there in Madrid for the Red Hat exam. The Red Hat RHCE certification is generally considered better for demonstrating knowledge with Linux.

A certification is two things, a demonstration of ability, and an investment. Generally, the Red Hat is a better demonstration because you test in a lab with results-based tasks; LPI is simply picking the right answer to a question. LPI is still better than others, like Linux+ or Brainbench, though. Also, a certification is an investment. We expect to get the money we spend back by getting a better job. So, if you spend a few hundred euros on the study and exam, you should have opportunities for a higher paying job that you would not have if you don't get a certification.

Good luck.

Yes, but is a website from USA with the test online, and my problem is i cant teach online. I need to stay with the instructor and make all the things REAL.

Thank you, i search a little in infojobs.net (work in Spain) and with LPI just one company look a person who have this certificacion and with Red Hat 22 .. i search a litlle and i find the location Red Hat in Spain

www.europe.redhat.com - Red Hat Europe | Training

Tomorrow i go to this center for more information and i keep in touch.


I dont want the certificacion, because is just a paper i want to learn and now more about Unix .. but is imposible to learn Unix, because not exist a master or exams in Unix .. so i try with Linux .. anothe problem is i dont now nothing about Linux/Unix .. for this i need to star from cero with something.

I work 2 years en Indra en IBM, but only HelpDesk Support, is just very litlle technical job, and im not proud with this .. i want more, but is very difficult .. and honest .. i dont now with what i can start .. i like a lot to programming and make this things .. but alone i now very litlle about PHP and HTML .. but im young and i have time to study

Thank you very much for your amabillity and your time, have a good day.

I started learning Linux by installing it on my personal computer. This was many years ago, when things -didn't- "just work" out of the box. Hardware of many sorts, in particular, was a nightmare.

Here is what I would recommend today:

Install Linux on a computer.

Wipe Windows off this computer or you will find yourself returning to it far too often.

Do all your 'real' computer work from Linux / Unix.

Run it from the command line as much as you possibly can (admins, I am told, live there). You can do an amazing lot without ever picking up a mouse IF you know what you are doing. Learn to use vi, bash, pine / mutt SSH, Rsync, iptables and so on. Actually, if you learn to use those well, you will be hooked for life.

Search for books and tutorials (paper or electronic) about scripting and begin to create useful scripts. Google is your friend.

Search for a university class nearby dealing with Unix. That's where I got my feet wet with shell scripting.

The moment you learn enough to feel just a little confident in your skills, start teaching others. Nothing speeds along the learning process for the teacher like teaching others. Nothing. No matter how many mistakes you made as you learned, your student will find ways to make new ones that you will need to solve ... and teach.

Above all else, have fun. Your new skills will move you into the top few percent of computer users worldwide ... most of whom would be doomed if presented with a CLI and a user prompt.