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LPI Linux Certification, From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection
- Free, online version
- Just found this. Please take a look and vote right here.
- Actually has a list of the mysterious "Detailed Objectives" no one seems to have the right to publish: 101, 102, 201, 202
2001 version of O'Reilly Book
- Amazon
- 2 votes against, very out-dated, though readily available at Multnomah County Library, PSU Library, yea!
2006 version of O'Reilly Book
- Amazon
- Just published, no reviews available
- not available in Multnomah County Library system
Que's CramExam book
- Amazon
- 4-5 yes votes
- not available in Multnomah County Library system
- copies owned by Freegeek, ask around
Sybex LPIC-1: Linux Professional Institute Certification
- Amazon
- 1 yes vote
- not available in Multnomah County Library system
Mailing List
Reviews of Study Material
LPIC-1 : Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide
- This seems to be the book to use; systematic, follows test closely. It includes a PDF version on CD which is excellent for remote laptopstudy, and excellent for searching. Did not find in any Portland libraries. (Holon67 16:08, 4 Jul 2006 (PDT))
LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell
- Though widely available in Portland's libraries, the first edition of O'Reilly's LPI text is way outdated, though the new 2nd edition comes out July 1st, 2006, so there may be time to go through it within the month before the next Freegeek test offering, end of July, 2006 (Holon67 16:08, 4 Jul 2006 (PDT))
Que's Exam Cram 2 for LPIC 1
- I used Que's Exam Cram 2 for LPIC 1 as my primary read, with quizes and highlights from O'reilly LPIC in a Nutshell as additional aids (Que's companian CD is kinda weak). It worked well. Get yourself honestly scoring around 80% or higher for these quizes/samples and you will pass both tests, no sweat. Both of these books were handed to me courtesy of Mr. Joe
- I have only taken the 101 test, but the Exam Cram book was extremely helpful for it. The sample test was very accurate.
- I had heard the same about the ExamCram book and that's what I am currently using to study myself. The person I know also took a class based on the O'Reilly book but still said the ExamCram book/CD was very, very helpful.
Review of Exam
- Found it a little heavy on rpm options, RedHat bias (Holon67 16:27, 4 Jul 2006 (PDT))
- Heavy on X configuration (from Mailing List)
Quotes from the Mailing List
An exam taker:
- For those still taking the test and can live out the extended time (took me,..2 hours back to back?).. I actually recommend taking both of them together. I found on both 101 and 102 that study materials prepared a little bit for both.. or more concisely, they prepared me for topics that were covered on both tests .. but things that study guides had labelled as 101 found their way to the 102 test, and inversely.
From LPI:
- In regards to the website. We hired someone quite sometime ago to redo the website. This is why it has not been updated. The new website was suppose to go live at the end of January. Unfortunately, this has not happened. I would give you an approximate date, but I have done this 3 or 4 times and it has still not happened. Please let your candidates know that we have been recreating our website and this is why the current one has not been updated recently.
- In regards to the Level 2 exams. New Level 2 exams were written and they have been published as a CBT (Computer Based Test) for 3 of the 7 languages. Once they have completed the CBT's in the 7 languages. They will move on to the PBT's (Paper Based Test). It was my misunderstanding when they told me there would be new Level 2's at the beginning to middle of 2006, I assumed that included both CBT and PBT. Unless something changes, Level 2 paper will be available at the end of 2006.
- Any candidate that wishes to take Level 2, still can at any Vue and Prometric testing center.
Voluntary Pass/Fail Results
Pete Forsyth
- January 23, 2005 101 failed
- April 3, 2005 101 exam passed
- August 21, 2005 102 exam passed
Paul C. Leddy
- May, 2006 101 exam passed
- June, 2006 102 exam passed
- Yes, they asked about PPP, a few times!
- They sure take their time sending the 100-level cert via snail mail.
Advice
Read LPIC-1 twice, perform commands on Linux the second time around, use at work as much as possible, ie find or create projects the use the material, and get paid to learn! (Holon67 16:35, 4 Jul 2006 (PDT))