Hello again,

On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 9:34 AM Alessandro Selli via lpi-examdev <
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> 3) syslog (in any of its implementations) I'm not sure if it still makes
> sense to have: are there any major distros that install it by default and
> use it as the primary system log service? I do use it on my machines, but I
> have to install it myself. I do not expect basic users to do that.
>

As far as I see, the distributions covered in Linux Essentials all use
journald by default, actually since a rather long time. Candidates
installing Linux today, will likely face journald and not syslog. If
someone uses syslog, it's either legacy (so they are in the field long
enough to go for LPIC-1, at least) or on purpose in a niche like special
distros or applications/devices that require syslog support (so they would
know what they are doing and will likely able to also answers some journald
questions). Since the main Linux Essentials candidate will likely not be
exposed to syslog unless we ask them to, I wouldn't include it in the exam.

Fabian
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