The fragmentation of Linux certification is one of the bigger problems Linux as an OS faces in the market.
The LPI has probably the best direction in being distro neutral and focusing on C/L/console approach to working with Linux. This is because the command line removes many if not most of the differences between gui's across distros. There are still some things that will separate the distros, such as package managers, etc but over all, it's the C/L that unifies Linux across the board.
If anything, perhaps it would be best to work with the LPI in asserting "specialist" cetificates on top of the "base" certifications. such as a Novell/Suse certificate that certifies gui familiarty and ability in the Suse environment. Certificates similar for RH and ubuntu, Gentoo, Debian, etc could be offered as well, using the current LPI C/L platform. This would bring present Linux as a more unified OS rather than an each distro for itself thing we seem to have now.
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Posted by: big bear on June 03, 2008 02:06 PMThe LPI has probably the best direction in being distro neutral and focusing on C/L/console approach to working with Linux. This is because the command line removes many if not most of the differences between gui's across distros. There are still some things that will separate the distros, such as package managers, etc but over all, it's the C/L that unifies Linux across the board.
If anything, perhaps it would be best to work with the LPI in asserting "specialist" cetificates on top of the "base" certifications. such as a Novell/Suse certificate that certifies gui familiarty and ability in the Suse environment. Certificates similar for RH and ubuntu, Gentoo, Debian, etc could be offered as well, using the current LPI C/L platform. This would bring present Linux as a more unified OS rather than an each distro for itself thing we seem to have now.
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