[Unixcert] Next steps: Remove from list or LPI?

[Dan Patrick]

Hey! Sounds like fun. I'm very interested. Keep me on here.

By the way, I think we'll all have to at least get to Advanced. Where's the
fun in "Junior"? [?] (Sounds goofy, but I'm serious! Perception is reality,
and all that.)

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:

> During our celebrations, we discussed what our next steps would be. We
> have decided to get our LPI certification. Some of you will join us on that
> adventure. Others, will probably move on.
>
> For those who are ready to move on, it has been a great adventure thus far
> and I had a great time knowing you. Please let me know so that I can remove
> you from this list (unless you still want to stay on). And, please do feel
> free to keep in touch.
>
> There are a few people who were put on this list and who I have never
> communicated with. They are probably not interested and, most probably,
> aren't even reading this email. Those names will be removed from this list.
> If you want to be certain that you stay on this list, please send an email
> to confirm. If you wish to study LPI with us, please confirm that as well.
>
> For those who don't know what LPI is, it's a Linux distro-agnostic
> certification company (The Linux Professional Institute).  There are three
> levels of certification -- and there are eight tests total:
>
> LPIC-1: Junior Level Linux Certification
>         Exam: LPI 101
>         Exam: LPI 102
> LPIC-2: Advanced Linux Level Certification
>         Exam: LPI 201
>         Exam: LPI 202
> LPIC-3: Senior Level Linux Certification
>         Exam: LPI 301
>         Exam: LPI 302
>         Exam: LPI 303
>         Exam: LPI 304
>
> We believe that our Berkeley Certification Work has at least qualified us
> for the Junior Level Linux Certification and probably most of the Advanced
> Linux Level Certification. We also believe we have qualified for at least
> some of the senior level certification (for example; Exam 303 is Security
> based and we may pass that exam now).
>
> Our Short Term and Medium Term Goals are listed below. And, following that
> is a pool of questions that we have generated ourselves when reviewing the
> material. Please contribute questions for your peers to help them assess
> their knowledge in this area. our immediate short term and medium term
> goals are below. However, some of us will want to finish all certification
> levels (at least eventually).
>
> Short Term Goal
>
>     All members of our study group Pass Exam LPI 101
>
> Medium Term Goal
>
>     All members of our study group obtain Junior Level Linux Certification
>
>
>
> You do not need to do this as a group. However, there are advantages of
> studying together. It will help motivate us; help us when we get stuck; and
> we can help create a question pool from our understanding of the material.
> This question pool can be used by all in our group to help us self-evaluate
> if we're ready for the test.
>
> To help us motivate each other, I have created a Google Doc. It contains a
> chart of our current progress so we can see how we're doing against others
> (and we can get a good swift kick to keep us motivated when we see others
> in our group are making progress).
>
> This document also contains a question pool. I have included two such
> questions below. If you are interested in this Google Doc, please contact
> me off list so that I can invite you to the document (don't forget this is
> a publicly searchable email list).
> * Sample Exam Questions 101.1.1 Random Access Memory (RAM) is:
>
>    1. volatile
>    2. explosive
>    3. non-volatile
>    4. All of the above
>
>
> 101.1.2 BIOS stands for:
>
>    1. Beginner Instruction-set for Operating Systems
>    2. Basic Input Output System
>    3. Better Integrated Operating System
>    4. None of the above
>
>
>
> *
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Glen
> --
>
> "Pursue, keep up with, circle round and round your life as a dog does his
> master's chase. Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it,
> unearth it, and gnaw it still."
>
> --Henry David Thoreau
>
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