On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Anselm Lingnau <
[email protected]> wrote:

> This is because you can't very well use Linux without ls(1), but it is
> perfectly possible to use Linux without virtualisation. Virtualisation is
> surely a nice thing to have but let's not go overboard here.
>

We cover many things in LPIC-1 that are not required for many roles.

It's just as well to remember that LPIC-1 is not supposed to be an exam for
> system administrators.


Really?  There are a lot of root-only topics in there, from boot to library
prefetch to a lot of other things.

I thought it was junior Linux sysadmin administration, not user.  A senior
sysadmin would configure many backend and service items, while a junior
would be involved with more operations and day-to-day.

It does cover some system administration but – unlike
> LPIC-2/3 – its target population is »Linux professionals« in general.
> Which is
> not to say that Linux professionals should not know about virtualisation,
> but
> at LPIC-1 level there still are bigger fish to fry.
>

Depends on your viewpoint.

I would be in favour of a policy where whoever suggests an entirely new
> topic
> to be added to LPIC-1 or LPIC-2 should also come up with a well-argued
> proposal of what other topic (or topics) to remove in order to make room.
> This
> is not as much of an issue in LPIC-3, where we can always make another exam
> ;^)
>

I would rather Matt define this, given his experience.

-- bjs

P.S.  I want everyone to keep one (1) thing in mind ...

I _never_ argued for/against adding virtualization below LPIC-3.
What I _argued_ was that if we do, then it should be libvirt/virsh.

Virsh is an _ideal_ example of "operations" for junior sysadmins.
I cannot think of a more ideal example and solution for LPIC-1.

If you are ignorant of libvirt/virsh, please change that now.
Otherwise, results will be typical as in other threads.

I.e., you'll accuse me of various things (e.g., "Red Hat bias" or
"purity/religious" or etc...), instead of seeing the point I'm making, and
more importantly, why.

It's one thing to disagree.  It's another disagree in ignorance.

--
Bryan J Smith - Professional, Technical Annoyance
b.j.smith at ieee.org - http://www.linkedin.com/in/bjsmith
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