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Entry-level Certification
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| bass2k1 2002-01-07, 2:55 pm |
| What would be the best entry-level certification for Linux on the way to RHCE:
- LPI
- SAIR
- Linux+
I don't know much about Linux as far as certification goes. Only thing I know is what I have taught myself by using it. I got about 18 months 'unofficial' Linux experience using Slackware. | |
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| Hey, are you still going for the Oracle OCP-DBA? Go for Linux+ (most of the material is similar to A+), and there is only one exam. Later, when you have more experience, pursue the RHCE. | |
| bass2k1 2002-01-07, 4:19 pm |
| Yeah I am still busy with Oracle, but I thought I would do this as sort of a side-line. | |
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| Good Luck. I was thinking along the same lines. Linux + looks like a good introduction to Linux. | |
| PotatoHead 2002-01-07, 9:52 pm |
| I'd definately go with linux+ | |
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| {{{I'd definately go with linux+}}}
OK, which distro is better to install for practice Mandrake or SuSe?
Can these distro's be installed alongside Windows ME?
Thanks, | |
| sibley 2002-01-08, 7:27 am |
| Yes, you can install them along side WinME. Mandrake is the best to start with IMNSHO, but most others are OK too. Just keep away from Slackware or Debian until you know what you are doing. | |
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| ccieToBe 2002-01-08, 10:21 am |
| I think Linux+ would be the best to start out with. Keep in mind that by the time you're ready for the RHCE exams you'll be able to pass all of these exams w/o any trouble.
I suggest starting out Mandrake and getting a good feel for that before moving on to Slackware, Debian or one of the BSDs. Try to do things at the command prompt as much as possible; the GUIs vary a lot from distro to distro but most of the command line stuff stays the same. | |
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| xtremeluis 2002-01-21, 10:47 pm |
| I don't have a certification too, but I am deciding on one of them.
Except not only I need a certification on Linux, but a certification to get started!
I know the A+ is the most basic one, but I've heard a lot that they don't mean "squat", mainly for the MSCE.
Well, what are the suggestions?What can I get to prove I can actually do something with a computer, and get a job as Help Desk or something for entry level?
(If someone knows a place to get started that would be nice too, because here in Salt Lake City, there's nothing!)
I learned with slackware, and have tryed a little of NetBSD. Why do everyone think slack is so hard?
Getting a RHCE would get someone hired to work wih other distrib. too? | |
| NickL 2002-01-21, 10:52 pm |
| You are definetely on the right track: Linux +, then onto the RHCE track.
Forget about A+, MCSE and other "junk" certifications. | |
| PotatoHead 2002-01-21, 11:03 pm |
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You are definetely on the right track: Linux +, then onto the RHCE track. Forget about A+, MCSE and other "junk" certifications.
"Junk"??????????? You must not know a damn thing. First of all NO certification is "junk". Linux+ and RHCE are both very good certs, but have you read the job listings lately? Nobody gives a shit about Linux+ certs, they ask for A+ or MSCE. I'm not saying you won't get a job with Linux certs, cause you probably will but more employers are looking for Microsoft or Cisco certs than umm.... oh yeah LINUX. Take the advice from someone who has a degree and certs in computers and not Accounting and Finance. | |
| haseeb_eng 2002-01-22, 1:10 am |
| well guys no certificate is junk but it becomes junk when you don't get practical experience with that certificate . Those companies who are partners/reselles for cisco , linux ,microsoft etc ... when they hire anybody they usually ask for his certificate but other companies like telecom or ISP or anyother solution provieder company who is not the partner of any one of the above mentioned company they can hire guys with out certification also but that candidate should have experience . I am doing part time in a company and there we had got 1 engineer he don't have any certificate but he is very good expert in cisco & linux & microsoft products so this proves that experience is the priority in non partners company | |
| xtremeluis 2002-01-22, 1:13 am |
| Well, a certification can only do one thing: help!
What I meant with "mean squat", is that they don't prove that I actually know what I am doing, after all, I can get a "training" in one of those technical schools, and pass a test without really knowing what to do if something different comes up.
But one thing is for sure: if a lot of people are saying the same about MCSE, probably MS is not doing that good...
Maybe they just don't request many certifications in Linux because they did not prove to be that useful yet, or simply because not many people have them!
Tomorrow I'll speak with a recruiter and I see what she is gonna have to tell... | |
| PremaSharma 2002-01-22, 7:14 am |
| Well, since Linux is basically free, it will be a lot easier for people to get some hands-on experience with it that with all 7 of the MS products that you need to have experience with to become certified. |
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