I think the RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE) is the only Linux cert i would bother messing with. And it is not cheap. It is $750 and the closest place to take it is Houston or Atlanta. I hear it is rough too... it's compared to the Cisco CCIE exam. Basically they put you in a lab on a live network for 6 hours, break something, and you have to fix it. There are some FAQs on Redhat's site. Failure rate is about 40%. So it is not something you can hope to pass by just reading an ExamCram book... because of that the cert has a pretty good reputation.
Redhat also has a Redhat Certified Technician (RHCT) cert that is not as difficult as RHCE...more along the lines of Cisco CCNA. On the other hand, Linux Professional Institute (lpi.org) certifications are a joke. Any monkey with a Linux Unleashed book could pass those... so it doesn't get a whole lot of respect from anyone that knows that. But it is cheap (about $150?) and i think you can take it at any Prometric center. So if you're just looking for a linux cert to put on the resume inexpensively, then it's not a bad way to go. I think CompTIA also has Linux+ which would be a similar alternative... Those are the only linux certs that i ever hear anything about...if anyone knows about anymore, let us know! -Ray -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Dustin Puryear wrote: > Weren't there a few people here that were considering getting some Linux > cert. or another? I'm curious how that went. I may be interested in doing > something like this.
