Bryan J Smith wrote: > For APT-DPKG ... > - Debian GNU/Linux 6.10 or 7.8 (the latter includes multi-arch) > - Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) 10.04.4 or 12.04.5 (both use Upstart)
There's probably nothing wrong with using Debian GNU/Linux 8.x, which has the added advantage that it can be configured to use either systemd or System-V init, both of which are required for the LPIC-1 exams. > For YUM-RPM ... > - Red Hat Enteprise Linux (RHEL) or compatible (e.g., CentOS) 5.11 or > 6.7 (the latter uses Upstart, but is still largely SysV init) > - SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) release 11 SP4 CentOS is probably the easiest one to obtain from among these, and YUM is sort-of a second-class citizen on SUSE systems (which on the other hand bring along all sorts of extra baggage one probably doesn't really want to be distracted by when preparing for LPIC-1). Hence my choice would probably be: - Debian GNU/Linux 8.x for apt/dpkg, systemd and System-V init - CentOS 6.x for rpm/yum I totally concur with Bryan in that if you're preparing for an LPIC exam, virtualisation is your friend. This applies not just to trying different distributions (by all means look at others from the list just to get a feel of what they are like) but also to being able to construct more complex lab setups that would be a hassle to piece together on physical hardware. I personally like VirtualBox because it is free, offers a wide range of networking and other I/O options, can easily be scripted, and allows straightforward “cloning” of VMs which is very convenient when setting up networking scenarios involving multiple similar-but-not-identical machines. (The other virtual machine environments are probably also very nice indeed.) Anselm -- Anselm Lingnau … Linup Front GmbH (MAX21) … Linux- & Open-Source-Schulungen anselm.ling...@linupfront.de, +49(0)6151-9067-0, Fax -299, www.linupfront.de Robert-Koch-Str. 9, 64331 Weiterstadt Post: Postf. 100121, 64201 Darmstadt DE Sitz: Weiterstadt (AG Darmstadt, HRB7705) Geschf: Oliver Michel, Nils Manegold _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
