Vicki Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Who here is linux certified? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Certified in what? You mean Redhat or systems development? Me? None of the above :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 I 'm certifiable. Oh, you meant certified! Sorry. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 Not me, I need maybe a years more experience. I'd be interested in getting one of the minor linux certs maybe by next summer. Some colleges are looking into offering certs, including the college I'm at. They haven't said what certs they are planning to offer, though. They are polling students now to evaluate the interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftDeath Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 If you had to get a certain certification, which one would you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 If your just looking for a peice of paper I would get one of those M$ ones. You have to take into account the user base. Other than that anything network related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
energymedia Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 I have the M$ certifications and CISCO certifications at the moment, my Novell certs have lapsed. I am looking at getting the LPI Linux certification as it appears to be a good all round Linux certification (all generic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftDeath Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 Hmmm, why get a MS certification when you use linux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 Hmmm, why get a MS certification when you use linux? because companies like it. they'll pay you more in many cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 seems like a vicious circle to me. MS lovers get MS certs, and linux lovers get MS certs.... so MS certs will always be more desirable. Personally I'd get certified in Basket Weaving before getting an MS cert. Maybe not a good career choice but I have my principles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftDeath Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Lol, stupid companies need to learn whos better. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 You have to get in first before you can show them the way. Kind of a vicious cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 seems like a vicious circle to me. MS lovers get MS certs, and linux lovers get MS certs.... so MS certs will always be more desirable. Personally I'd get certified in Basket Weaving before getting an MS cert. Maybe not a good career choice but I have my principles... Ni, oops NO, forget basket weaving you need a course in landscape gardening... I hear its in demand Thats kinda it but times are also a changin.... For a start if everyone has MS certs they become useless as a comodity. However overall I think the problem with certs is they just show you can pass an exam. If its 5 years old then its less useful. However linux is a bit wider.... linux support doesnt mean just the kernel it means lots of things like networking too. Most of these concepts are timless or at least long lived (we still have IPv4) so they form a good base. MS training is mainly which patch tio apply or how to use a GUI to.... which makes them limited in use to MS and time dependant on the actual Windows of the month. Like ptatch says its a lot easier to change em from inside and the MS qualifications are what gets you inside a lot of companies. Im interested to get qualified too but it is rather bewildering... I kinda think like null though really, I have a job so if I was going to change it wouldn't be supporting MS.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 I would go with RH & Novell/Suse certs. Rh is supposed to be a BEAR, so be well prepared. You want a linux cert that will make a diff, MOST companys are going to be running only 2 Linux Distros, RH & Suse, so go for those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Posted June 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 I have been look at the objectives for the Linux+ exam, which I would like to try for by the end of the year . It definitely looks like it covers all the basics. Certainly a M$ cert would make more money but I ain't in it for the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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