Re: [lpi-examdev] User Interfaces and Desktops

2013-01-14 Thread Reinier Kleipool
Title: OSA mail template I agree: We write our materials for RedHat/CentOS, SuSE EL/OpenSuSE and Ubuntu. As these are the distributions that professional organisations use. Professional organisations are the ones that book exams! The Exams should cover the needs of

Re: [lpi-examdev] User Interfaces and Desktops

2013-01-14 Thread Reinier Kleipool
This topic shurely need revising! We can only teach this on CentOS 5 at present. All other distributions have moved on since then. On 13-1-2013 21:13, dbclinton wrote: Hi, While preparing for my LPIC-1 exams, I've noticed that much of Topic 106

Re: [lpi-examdev] User Interfaces and Desktops

2013-01-14 Thread Simone Piccardi
On 01/13/2013 09:13 PM, dbclinton wrote: /etc/X11/xorgConf /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/xdm /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config etc/init.d/init_script /etc/X11/gdm /etc/inittab (Fedora reported: inittab is no longer used when using systemd) I cannot see any of them apart /etc/inittab in what's

Re: [lpi-examdev] User Interfaces and Desktops

2013-01-14 Thread Alessandro Selli
Anselm Lingnau wrote: David Clinton wrote: [...] Here's a partial list of files that no longer seem to exist on either Ubuntu or Fedora (in case of xorg.conf, it hasn't existed by default since version 9.10): The thing with xorg.conf is that the X developers have done wonders in order to

[lpi-examdev] Questions regarding proposed changes to LPIC2 3

2013-01-14 Thread Dipesh Sharma
Hi All, I completed my LPIC1 in May 2012. I am currently preparing for my LPIC2 exams. I saw the below notification on LPI website regarding proposed changes: http://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LPIC2AndLPIC3ChangeProposalVersion3To4 As my ultimate aim is to do the LPIC - HA/Virt (LPIC 304), it makes more

Re: [lpi-examdev] Questions regarding proposed changes to LPIC2 3

2013-01-14 Thread Anselm Lingnau
Dipesh Sharma wrote: 1) The notification says Commence reassessment of LPIC-2 objectives as described above with a target release of Spring 2013 for new exams, is spring 2013 proposed release date of only the new objectives or the new exams also? The objectives. The new exams are released

Re: [lpi-examdev] Questions regarding proposed changes to LPIC2 3

2013-01-14 Thread Scott Lamberton
On 13-01-14 09:26 AM, Anselm Lingnau wrote: Dipesh Sharma wrote: snip If it is only new objectives, then when can we expect the new exams to be released? There is usually a lead time of no less than six months between the publication of the final objectives and the publication of the

Re: [lpi-examdev] User Interfaces and Desktops

2013-01-14 Thread Scott Lamberton
On 13-01-14 03:45 AM, Reinier Kleipool wrote: This topic shurely need revising! We can only teach this on CentOS 5 at present. All other distributions have moved on since then. On 13-1-2013 21:13, dbclinton wrote: Hi, While preparing for my LPIC-1 exams, I've noticed that much of Topic 106

Re: [lpi-examdev] User Interfaces and Desktops

2013-01-14 Thread dbclinton
On 13-01-14 12:08 PM, Scott Lamberton wrote: On 13-01-14 03:45 AM, Reinier Kleipool wrote: This topic shurely need revising! We can only teach this on CentOS 5 at present. All other distributions have moved on since then. On 13-1-2013 21:13, dbclinton wrote: Hi, While preparing for my

Re: [lpi-examdev] Questions regarding proposed changes to LPIC2 3

2013-01-14 Thread Eden Caldas
Good to know more stuff about the revision. If I pass LPI-303 now, and wait to the end of the year, Will I get certified or will I need to pass LPI-303 again? 2013/1/14 Scott Lamberton slamber...@lpi.org On 13-01-14 09:26 AM, Anselm Lingnau wrote: Dipesh Sharma wrote: snip If it is

Re: [lpi-examdev] Questions regarding proposed changes to LPIC2 3

2013-01-14 Thread Scott Lamberton
On 13-01-14 04:52 PM, Eden Caldas wrote: Good to know more stuff about the revision. If I pass LPI-303 now, and wait to the end of the year, Will I get certified or will I need to pass LPI-303 again? You will be certified and will not need to pass LPI-303 again for another 5 years. As per

[lpi-examdev] Attempt to make a XML objectives file

2013-01-14 Thread Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen
Hi, Please find attached a xml objective file for exam 101 with a schema. I hope that it is usefull for furthur discussing and someone else will continue the work for the other exams. It only took a few hours for me to complete the 101 xml-file. Regards Martin M. S. Pedersen LPI Instructor

Re: [lpi-examdev] Questions regarding proposed changes to LPIC2 3

2013-01-14 Thread Eden Caldas
Just to clarify my previous question. I am LPIC-2 certified and haven`t took exam 301. Can I still take exam 303 only right now and avoid 301, then wait for the changes to occur and get automatcally certified? Is that how it works? I work with security and don`t want to focus on ldap so much

Re: [lpi-examdev] Questions regarding proposed changes to LPIC2 3

2013-01-14 Thread Scott Lamberton
Eden: This will be my last communication with you on this mailing list--and similar ones. This list is for questions regarding exam development at LPI. I think some of your questions can be dealt with simply at i...@lpi.org -- the whole world doesn't need to know your specific inquiries.