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[Dean Bergin]

Hello,

Linux Foundation[1] are another (US-based) organisation that run a number
of courses and certification tracks called Linux Foundation Certification,
which are somewhat similar to LPI in which I think they try to stay vendor
neutral.

The courses are offered as both classroom-based (only available in the US I
think) and e-learning, offered via EdX, with at least one of them
(Introduction to Linux) is free, and certification for this and most other
courses are relatively cheap.

I have often pondered creating a training company/organisation to cater for
Linux courses, training and/or certification, but as BillK pointed out,
there is little demand for this at the moment.

[1] http://www.linuxfoundation.org/


Regards,

*Dean*.

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 11:04 AM BillK <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Check out the LPI exams and courses ... its been awhile since I've looked
> at them but they looked better than the original RHCE.
>
> Having used Linux in a number of HiEd courses (as the teaching vehicle for
> the theory - so not specifically taught as "only" Linux) I've found that
> once people have been introduced to the cli, have been talked through the
> basics and are aware of the structures we work within (open source,
> packaging, distros etc.) they are easily able to self-teach - if dedicated
> enough! I often think advanced courses like Pawsley's are as much about
> marketing/raising profile as actual training.
>
> There are no office type courses etc for Linux like you see for Windows as
> there is no demand. Where I now work did put up an LPI based short course
> last year but lack of marketing aside, there was no interest (predictable
> :) I get contacted a few times a year by people wanting to come over and
> run RHCE based courses from the East - expensive and aimed at business.
>
> Unlike MS and Cisco products, there seems to be little interest in Linux
> certifications where it counts (as a job requirement) - I would love to be
> corrected.
>
> BillK
>
>
>
> On 8 December 2015 9:28:55 am AWST, Chris Hoy Poy <chris at hoypoy.id.au>
> wrote:
>>
>> RHCE was the standard 15 years ago when I did mine. My impression is its
>> been watered down a bit now, but maybe that's my view through bitter tears
>> of experience and frustration ;-) Nothing beats having some computer
>> science background either,  but in general it's the attitude that makes the
>> tech/admin great, skills can be learnt.
>>
>> Do I recall an attempt at plug mentoring a few years back? Happy to have
>> discussions around that at times too :-)
>>
>> My advice now is more along the lines of get some linux happening, learn
>> some languages, get comfortable with perl, python, etc. Someone will pick
>> you up if you appear to be enthusiastic about it :-)
>>
>> /Chris
>> Linux is very hands-on. Most Linux fans that I've known felt like they
>> learn better by playing with the OS, rather than sitting in a classroom.
>> The best kind of learning, based on my very personal experience (~8 years a
>> home user, 4 months a Linux sysadmin - long story, really), is when you
>> have a specific goal and you work towards it, troubleshoot, look up
>> answers, read man pages etc.
>>
>> I can see the benefit of more formalized studying for some though,
>> wondering too if there's any service of that sort offered in WA.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Onno Benschop <onno at itmaze.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning,
>>>
>>> I'm on day two of the Pawsey Supercomputer training and loving it.
>>> Thanks for publishing it here!
>>>
>>> During the course it occurred to me that there must be some face to face
>>> training around to learn about Linux.
>>>
>>> I also wondered if there was anything for small business specifically,
>>> so they might reap the rewards associated with Linux and Open Source.
>>>
>>> Similarly, I'm guessing that there is opportunity for education for
>>> students.
>>>
>>> Do such things exist in Perth or is this an opportunity for PLUG to get
>>> some publicity, outreach and generate income?
>>>
>>> I'm also in the middle of publishing a lot of podcasts and wonder if
>>> there is interest in me interviewing members and/or the OSS community for
>>> the same publicity, outreach and income purposes.
>>>
>>> If you're interested, I'm about to put my LCA2014 interviews up as a
>>> podcast - as soon as I've processed the meta data. Some Amateur Radio ones
>>> are already up: http://podcasts.itmaze.com.au/
>>>
>>> Would love to hear what people think about this.
>>> --
>>> finger painting on glass is an inexact art - apologies for any errors in
>>> this scra^Hibble
>>>
>>> ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno..
>>>
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Kind Regards,

*Dean Bergin*.
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