Linux - Professional Certification

Certification organizations for Linux

- LPI,
- Sair,
- Red Hat,
- Caldera
- CompTIA (soon)

Certification outside of Linux may be useful and/or necessary

- SAGE sets standards for system administrators across platforms.
- Microsoft, Cisco, Netware, Oracle and others have their own certification programs
- CompTIA provides vendor-neutral certification in a range of IT skill-sets, including A+, network+, i-net+, server+, and soon Linux+)
(tests range from $132 ti $190)

Test Preparation

- Hands-on experience is the best preparation
- Formal training and test-preparation is widely available
- Books, CDs, tapes are available for self-training
See Coriolis, Sair, NewRiders, CompTIA and others

Some other considerations:

Requirements can change and certification needs to be renewed periodically
Certification in other areas is a good idea.

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last updated May 7, 2001 - r.d.shanen