Comments on: Ubuntu Certification

By: Chipzz

Chipzz — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:39:15 +0000

This year there were (and next year there probably also will be) LPI exams at FOSDEM, at a reduced fee, if you can wait that long.

By: effie_jayx

effie_jayx — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:15:12 +0000

Very Inspiring your email, I am going to give it a try myself. there is a pearson vue center in my city and they have the exams available.

I’ll take it in a half..

thanks for the tips

By: JanC

JanC — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:22:06 +0000

Aaron, it’s often possible to take LPI exams at serious discounts at open source conferences (IIRC they are half price at FOSDEM for example).
That might make it a little more acceptable to your wife…

OTOH, I’ve seen parts of LPI exams from 1-2 years ago, and I’m not really impressed (they are the sort of exams that honor parroting instead of knowledge & understanding).

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:04:37 +0000

Anil- Thanks. Does that mean you’ll pay me more?

By: Anil

Anil — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:35:30 +0000

Hey Aaron, I’m a fan of acquiring valuable credentials. Good for you.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:27:46 +0000

Clint- The reason for UCP over RHCE, is Ubuntu is becoming a serious player in the enterprise market. You know my passion for Ubuntu and Debian-based systems, so this just seems like the next step in my life.

It won’t surprise me if Ubuntu becomes just as major a player in the enterprise as RedHat. I am sure the RHCE exams are probably more up to date, but the LPI exams, from my research, are still heavily requested exams, and it looks like corporations look for their certs.

Nothing against RedHat and it’s way of doing things, but Ubuntu is the direction that I’ll be going, as well as the level 2 and 3 exams from LPI.

By: Adrian Moisey

Adrian Moisey — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:10:39 +0000

I have my UCP cert.I studied for the LPIC-1 with this I read it in a week and passed.As far as the LPI-199 goes, didn't help me much. It doesn't reflect what is in the exam. I have my own sets of notes that I helped me pass the second time, but I can't hand them out to anyone, it might breach the NDA.

By: Clint Savage

Clint Savage — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:27:06 +0000

Why not the RHCE? In my opinion it is far superior to the lame out of date LPI exam and much more real world.

I understand the desire to have Ubuntu certifications, but the RHCE certs are much more valuable in the current market.

Clint

By: Serge

Serge — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:01:06 +0000

The question is: What will one person do with the certification?