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| bandit55 2002-11-04, 12:28 pm |
| Could anyone tell a good book for me to use to study for the LPI 1&2 test
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| Right now, all of the books on the market are outdated somewhat because of the new exam objectives. With the new objectives, a lot of the content was shuffled around between the two level 1 exams. You can read about it here:
http://www.unixreview.com/documents...i1036090509292/
If you follow the objectives as outlined at the lpi web site, you can still use existing books. The best single book is the O'Reilly Nutshell on LPI Certification. If you have the money, I suggest a subscription to safari.informit.com. They have the O'Reilly Nutshell. This gives you a digital/html interface to the book. You can save sections to your hard drive for later viewing, or print them out. Plus, for the base subscription of $10.00/month you get FIVE books, so you could add other linux books as resources.
Coriolis had exam crams for 101 and 102, plus an exam prep for 101. The latter is no longer enough to prep for 101, but if you got the exam crams for both 101 and 102, you could use them as resources for 101. I picked them up real cheap at halfpricecomputerbooks.com. | |
| bandit55 2002-11-10, 8:35 am |
| Well at least I got a reply from someone. I was think nobody was reading my thread. Thanks for the info. It seems really hard to find any info about the test anywhere. Not like it is for the Microsoft exams. Again thanks, I will look into it this week.
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| tohrt...
The IBM developerworks tutorial is good, but probably not enough to get one fully prepared for the exam. And it is laid out using the old exam objectives, so one has to keep that in mind. I'm using it, but with one eye always on the new exam objective.
That link to the RHCE guide was a good one. Didn't see anything really useful for studying for the LPI at the IBM redbooks site, though. Did you have something specific in mind? | |
| bandit55 2002-11-10, 1:26 pm |
| I am looking at different types of info for this course. I am taking the LPI course in German right now. So that that is why. Would loved to have the info in English. It doesnt matter just that it is good info.
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tohrt...
The IBM developerworks tutorial is good, but probably not enough to get one fully prepared for the exam. And it is laid out using the old exam objectives, so one has to keep that in mind. I'm using it, but with one eye always on the new exam objective.
That link to the RHCE guide was a good one. Didn't see anything really useful for studying for the LPI at the IBM redbooks site, though. Did you have something specific in mind?
I've noticed the same thing about the IBM stuff. But it is free & a good starting place for laying the groundwork . But the bottom line is........it's still all Linux. So I look at the RHCE / LPI / Sair / Comptia L+ or whatever your doing - objectives & use the RHCE study guide in those areas because it is the most thurough. Also make sure you have the A+ hardware down pretty good. I don't know about the others, but CompTIA Linux+ is pretty heavy into the hardware on the test.
I've yet to find any single book that is a complete study source for any test I've ever taken. When it comes to being thurough, the tests go in this order from hard to easy. RHCE - Sair - LPI - Linux+. I'm using the RHCE & Sair study books/materials primarily, because they are the best I've found so far. Look at the objective in the study guide of whatever test you're taking & study off the RHCE guide I have posted in that area & you will have it covered in spades. There are some free online books by Oreilly available also. Look at the Mandrake Linux sight. They have free tutorials. Most are quite basic for beginners, but they give you a good reference point of knowledge for starters. I have only been looking for this stuff online for about 6 weeks or so & I have found a plethora of it. All free. Do a google search & follow down the links. Just looked & I have 200 MB of this stuff I got off the internet saved to disk & dozens of good links. It's out there. I just posted a few of the best I had, because no-one else had at that point.
Safari Books online might be a good choice for some. Que has some good study guides that come with disks. One of the best CBT's I've seen is found at http://www.linuxcertified.com/redhat73_ica.html It is $129 off their web sight. I have it. CBT nuggets has one for about $200. All others I've found are $400 to $750.
What I have found, is to study for the next harder level of the same thing to have all my bases covered. That's why I'm posting so much RHCE stuff. Know that & you'll know the content of whatever test you decide to take. Also pay attention to the links that have free study questions sent to you in e-mail. They are a very good help. You have to go look up something different each day.
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| Nice list of resources.
Here's one you've missed:
http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz
Extremely thorough, .tThere is an appendix which maps the content to the LPI exams. But it maps to the old objectives, so any one using it would have to use the unixreview article to remap to the new objectives. | |
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Nice list of resources.
Here's one you've missed:
http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz
Extremely thorough, .tThere is an appendix which maps the content to the LPI exams. But it maps to the old objectives, so any one using it would have to use the unixreview article to remap to the new objectives.
Yes that is a good one. I have the PDF. I just listed a quick short list of what I had on my desktop for a starting place for someone new to trying to get up to speed. If someone tries, they will soon have a list of 100's of these. The only problem with Linux documentation is it is so fragmented. It's all over the place.
A person will definately be doing thier comparisons to make sure they have the topic covered. Just pay attention to your versions. Some things do change quite abit between the different versions.
Bottom line is to get a good foundation/understanding of Linux to start.
That is an excellent resource for anyone that actually wants to learn Linux, but abit overwhelming for the beginner. I found an archive entitled "Linux Short Course" that is only about 120 pages long that is supurb for the beginner, but I haven't found the link as to where I got it, to post it for others to use. I'll keep looking & post it if I find it.
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| bandit55 2002-11-12, 5:01 pm |
| Thanks for the info. I will check these all out this weekend. Are there any practice exams out there to use?
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Thanks for the info. I will check these all out this weekend. Are there any practice exams out there to use?
Bandit
Not really very much, compared to M$.
Do a google search for "Linux,Study Questions"
Check out the major vendors for demos. Most have a small download sampler.
I have "Daily Study Questions" come to me in e-mail from 2 different sources. I don't recall where I get them from & I already deleted them today. Check out the different links on the pages I already posted. That's how I got what I have.
check out www.Cramsession.com. There is always links to other sights there off of a pertaining study guide page.
there are a few online if you look for them
http://www.certmag.com/issues/may01/sg/latest.cfm
http://XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/certs/linux_unix/
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| namrak 2002-11-13, 2:00 pm |
| There are some excellent links posted here. Thanks for the information. Time to throw them in my bookmarks. | |
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There are some excellent links posted here. Thanks for the information. Time to throw them in my bookmarks.
What I've done over the last few years is bookmark the really good ones when I happen upon them, even if that isn't what I am currently looking for & have amassed quite a few good ones this way.
Most of the really good ones come from message/study boards just like this one.
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| sudur 2002-12-02, 11:19 pm |
| I completely agree with the previous poster.
The best CBT on Linux is definitely from LinuxCertified (http://www.linuxcertified.com)
I own it and recommend it without any doubt. |
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