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| techdaemon 2001-07-22, 12:41 pm |
| Who is the bigboy in the linux community?
Is it still Redhat? In other words, what linux opsys do most companies use? I know that linux is linux, just different software packages and interfaces. Let's say that I want to get certified in a linux area, so I can add that to my expertise, what is the best route to go certification wise? What would companies be more familiar with and rather see..? | |
| ccieToBe 2001-07-22, 1:02 pm |
| RedHat's the big one for businesses in North America. It's a very regional thing though. For example, Suse's the big one in Europe. Mandrake claims to have recently passed by RedHat as the most used Linux variant, but that's mostly for end users. The other distro that's heavily used by businesses is Caldera. Slakware's a variant that's not used much by businesses, but seems to be the variant of choice for most gurus (because it's the most Unixy).
RedHat's certification program (RHCE) is the most recognized, but also the most difficult since it involves labs. Linux+ would probably be a good place to start. | |
| techdaemon 2001-07-22, 1:03 pm |
| Yeah, I thought linux+, it's just that I'm so fed up with Comptia.. | |
| ccieToBe 2001-07-22, 1:07 pm |
| Yeah, I had an episode with CompTIA over the Network+ exam so I'm fed up with them too. LPI also has a program that would be worth looking into. | |
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| Linux+ is a joke -- I wouldn't bother. LPI souncds good sicne there will eventually be three separate levels, but nothing can touch a lab test and Red Hat's the only one that has that. My advice would be to forget any particular distro unless you are working on a vendor-specific cert and learn to use them all (hint: this means learn the command line). Most of them are pretty much the same after you get past a few idiosyncrasies, but it would be best to feel comfy with UNIX/Linus whichever one you get saddled with. The big Linux companies are : 1) Red Hat, 2) SuSE, 3) Caldera. My faves are Debian and Slackware as you can get the most out of your hacking with them, but few businesses use them. Also, learning Linux well also means that you should have no prob in switching to UNIX if asked to . . . and like it or not, regardless of what the Linux guys or M$ people say, for high-end servers, if you don't want to enter IBM dinosaur territory, UNIX is still the obvious choice. Linux and several versions of BSD are free . . . pick a few distros, and learn them all . . . they are all pretty similar, so this is not much of a task. Still, your best possible bet for *nix certification is still RHCE . . . but be prepared . . . it's demanding and quite intimidating. |
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