sander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> the specific newsgroup on usenet where one can find Linux information do
> still exist in the tests, I think we do mis reality here. And for
> example: is it really that important if you don't know that linux
> documentation is on tldp.org?
>
> (Disclaimer: I have no knowledge of real test questions, if this looks
> like a real test question, that is a pure coincidence)
Well, the time to nitpick is coming (remember the e-mail about the upcoming
JTA :)). I'm in favour of dropping some of those 'community' objectives
(like knowing news groups and web site) strictly because the current
objective is so north american/anglophone centric. And what's wrong with
<insert favourite search engine here> anyway?
> > Hmm, perhaps I should start doing a talk on the psychometric process at
> > conferences. A lot of people probably have no idea what is involved.
>
> Agreed. Is it possible to explain it in a few lines?
Not in a few lines, no :) There is some information on the process on the
web site, though:
http://www.lpi.org/en/lpi/english/certification/exam_development_process
> How do you see this different from the current approach? Could you give
> an example of one such 'admin'-content question and a more generic
> content question? (No real examples, just to get the idea)
Well, I'm still talking at the objective level so here are some examples. I
just quickly cut'n'pasted these from the online objectives. 'no promises' ;)
Keep in mind that I'm think that LPIC-1 could be used as a branch point for
developer, sysadmin, dba type jobs. Not just 'anyone that uses Linux at
work'.
Some of these objectives could be pushed up to LPIC-2 (I have mixed feelings
about moving some of them; they're just examples):
1.113.2 Operate and perform basic configuration of Mail Tranfer Agent (MTA)
1.113.3 Operate and perform basic configuration of Apache
1.113.4 Properly manage the NFS and SAMBA daemons
1.113.5 Setup and configure basic DNS services
1.110.2 Setup a display manager
1.110.4 Install & Customize a Window Manager Environment
1.105.2 Reconfigure, build and install a custom kernel and kernel modules
1.107.2 Manage printers and print queues
1.112.4 Configure Linux as a PPP client
Just dump this one:
1.108.2 Find Linux documentation on the Internet
These could be added to LPIC-1:
internationalization and localization issues
basic SQL syntax
accessibility issues
LVM and RAID
GPG and related encryption
> That's why I never understood that we kept the idea of a Debian version
> and a Red Hat version behind. Distribution independent shouldn't be the
> same as "about all distributions"
True but package management is useful and necessary. And there are more
packaging systems out there than dpkg and rpm. LPI definitely didn't pick
'all of them'.
That said, if anyone wants to propose additional (I couldn't support dropping
either dpkg nor rpm) packaging systems or higher level ones, like yum, let me
know.
> I've worked with "ExamSaver"
uh-oh. going to have to find someone with a credit card for that :)
Regards,
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