Siavash Sefidvash wrote: > Hello again, I have been using the Viasinc online material to work > towards the LPI 101 exam. Viasinc are supposed to be approved by LPI yet > I have noticed they include Yum package manager as part of the > objectives when at the same time I notice OpenSuse is not using it > anymore. Is anyone here using Viasinc? Can anyone from LPI confirm > Viasinc's approval rating? > > > Regards > Siavash Sefidvash
Siavash: As Anselm has already indicated LPI no longer uses the LPI Approved Training Materials (LPI-ATM) designation--although individual affiliates may have an approval programs for their territories. LPI dropped this program as many of our affiliates felt that the costs (and process) associated with this program were acting as a barrier to the development of language-specific courseware. However, to be listed on our website books, course material, etc. must align with our exam objectives. Our product development team reviews all such material to ensure that it does align with our exam objectives. Viasinc does align with our new objectives--and they previously did have LPI-ATM status. On your question regarding OpenSuse (and as others have pointed out) LPI is distribution-neutral. We don't develop our exam objectives with any one Linux distribution in mind. Instead Linux professionals from around the world determine through our exam development process what should be included in our exams. This may mean that our exams include objectives on technologies that are not included in some distributions. For more informaiton on our exam development process please see the following: http://www.lpi.org/eng/certification/exam_development_process Hope this helps. scott -- Scott Lamberton Director of Communications Linux Professional Institute http://www.lpi.org [email protected] +1-905-269-0862 _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
