And i was going to do the exam today, only to sleep and wake up at 11 ... Guess I missed this one. It could be an intresting subject for a short presentation, to line-up 3-4 LPI exam-takers to talk to us about the test itself, as a personal and technical opinion. Just a suggestion.
In another note, I do understand what s. keeling is saying below. And it does seem to hold water, however, if you look at the certification as a target that has requirements regarding knowhow of Linux, and having a clear target helps you concentrate your effort to wards achieving it, then LPI is a very good option, due mostly to its distro-antagonistic approach. And i know that having a broad spectrum knowledge is a very strong point. And at the end of the day, a distro-specific GUI util will mostly give you 3 things: -1- Limit your ability to configure in a particular way. -2- Use a lot more resources doing so. (bandwidth, cpu and ram), usually all three in short supply. -3- Quit working when you need them the most :-) Cheers Szemir On August 28, 2004 22:17, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Andrew Graupe: > > I'm half joking and half serious. I think these are the most valuable > > skills any Linux user can have. > > Certification is intended to make you look good to potential employers > or clients. These are the sort of people who wouldn't understand the > nitty-gritty details if you clubbed them over the head with it. All > they see is a resume heavily spiced with TLA's (Three Letter > Acronyms), and they (apparently) believe them to be significant. > Those people think in "Bottom Line Deliverables" speak. The sort of > day in and day out ability to problem solve, know or understand > history, or come up to speed in time to resolve a technical situation, > apparently has no meaning for them. They're incapable of making > judgements on that basis. LPI attempts to produce criteria that they > are used to making judgements on. > > LPI is not about useful skills for a _user_ of Linux. It's about > convincing someone with the gold that you can be useful to him. > > Most of the suggested answers to LPI sample questions I've seen have > been at best simplistic, and often just plain wrong. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
