> btw... has mandrake a certification training project > like RH Certification? i haven't seen anything in site. > Our LUG in italy does 2-3 editions per year explaining > the basis use of mandrake system. All is _very_ cheap, > as we are a no-profit organization (we are buying new > hardware for the site.. finally :)) ), but for a real > linux-mandrake certification, mandrakesoft should, > _must_ earn much more, teaching from linux usage to C > and perl programming. I would prefer to see Mandrake accept/endorse/support one of the existing Linux certifications already out there today. There are two vendor-neutral certs and the RHCE, which is of course Red Hat specific. The two vendor neutral certs are from LPI and SAIR (from lintraining.com): ----- - SAIR SAIR Linux GNU Certification (http://www.linuxcertification.com/) "The Sair Linux and GNU Certification program involves several steps and includes several levels. Moreover, there are several study paths one can take to become 'Linux certified,' in addition to different levels of certification." There are three levels of SAIR certification: Level 1 - LCA (Linux Certified Administrator) Level 2 - LCE (Linux Cerfified Engineer) Level 3 - MLCE (Master Linux Certified Engineer) - LPI Linux Professional Institute Certification (http://www.lpi.org/) "The Linux Professional Institute believes in the need for a standardized, multi-national, and respected program to certify levels of individual expertise in Linux. This program must be able to satisfy the requirements of Linux professionals, as well as organizations which would employ or contract them." There are three levels of LPI Certification (LPIC): Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 ----- I personally have ties to SAIR, but have taken (and passed) exams from both groups. The 2nd level SAIR exams (Linux Certified Engineer) are scheduled to be released soon. They offer electives (similar to the MCSE cert, for those in a world with Windows), including: Apache Amanda (Including Backup techniques and disaster recovery) MySQL PHP & XML Perl (Includes Python as well) Samba Sendmail I am not sure what LPI's plans are for their second-level cert. I personally think that Mandrake could benefit from tying in with one of the existing certifications, as developing their own will be costly and it will be difficult for it to gain acceptance in the community. The SAIR and LPI certs have been around for a while, and having the support of another distribution will only strengthen the existing certifications, as well as provide Mandrake with a certification solution without forking over a ton of money in research and development (not to mention the fact that the existing certifications are already available worldwide through the Prometric/Thomson Learning and VUE testing facilities). (Once again, I do have ties with SAIR, through my relationship with Wave Technologies, who is in turn a Thomson company, along with Prometric. In all fairness, I have tried to make the views above as neutral and unbiased as possible.) Don Head SAIR LCA, CIW-P, i-Net+, Network+, A+ Systems Administrator [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Web Designer [ 1 314 997-7847 ] [ AIM - Don Wave ] [ ICQ - 18804935 ] [ Yahoo - Don_Wave ]
