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THis showed up in our company email and I thought perhaps folks might
find the pointers and info useful. Some are 'obvious' to us
'old-timers' ;-),
but we are all 'new-timers' at one time or another ;-0
(and some of the stuff about RH I did not know)
rusty
Rusty Carruth wrote:
>
> >>>>> Forwarded message
>
> There are a wide variety of free and commercial training materials
> available for Linux. There are also certification programs that offer
> testing for proficiency and training and materials specific to those
> programs. You may find the following useful:
>
> Linux offers many open source training materials that can be accessed
> on-line or from your distribution CDs. These include comprehensive
> overviews (installation, administration, networking) and "just in time"
> style how-to documents. These are usually available in text, HTML, and PDF
> or Postscript format. For Red Hat their own documentation is going quite a
> bit beyond simple installation now. You can get these from the RedHat site
> or in packages from the distribution disks, e.g.:
>
> rhl-ig-6.1en-1 - installation guide
> rhl-gsg-6.1en-2 - getting started guide
> rhl-rg-6.1en-1 - reference guide
>
> or on-line from http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/
>
> The Linux Documentation Project stuff is at http://www.linuxdoc.org/ or
> http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/ in addition to dozens of specific How-To
> documents book length guides include:
>
> Installation and Getting Started Guide
> Linux Administrator's Security Guide
> Linux System Administration Made Easy
> The Linux System Administrators' Guide
> The Linux Network Administrators' Guide
> The Linux Users' Guide
> The Linux Programmer's Guide
> Securing and Optimizing Linux: Red Hat Edition
>
> and others. All are available in PDF format for on-line access or
> printing. Some are available in languages other than English. Most are
> available printed from several commercial publishers. Some of them are
> included as RPM modules in the RedHat distribution (e.g. sag-0.6-3.rpm).
>
> For a more comprehensive approach, training for one of the Linux
> certification exams is a good approach.
>
> The Red Hat certification exam is well respected, but because of its
> emphasis on hands on performance it is only given at RedHat in North
> Carolina and perhaps a few other centers now. They have training in the US
> and Europe and also commercial electronic training delivered over the
> Internet. See:
> http://www.redhat.com/training/rhce/courses/
>
> There are a couple of organizations with non-vendor specific Linux
> certification and training. Of these I believe only the Sair Linux and Gnu
> Certification has widely deployed their testing. See:
>
> http://www.linuxcertification.com/
>
> They have a good bit of material on line and recommended study
> references. They have a multi-level approach to certification. The tests
> for their first level
> are available at Sylvan / Prometric Testing centers in 128 countries
> worldwide.
>
> Certification preparation books are available from publisher John Wiley:
> Sair Linux and GNU Certification Level 1, Installation and Configuration
> and
> Sair Linux and GNU Certification Level 1, System Administration
> so far.
>
> I took and passed these exams which were given at the Linux World Expo.
> They seemed to me about as comprehensive and tough as one can have with
> mass testing multiple choice exams. I don't think the exams can be passed
> without either a lot of admin experience running Linux or Unix hosts or a
> pretty thorough preparatory course. Lots of the questions had multiple
> correct answers and you have to pick the best or all correct answers. The
> different certification organizations qualify and list approved training
> programs. This is probably a useful thing to look for now in selecting a
> Linux training program.
>
> << End forwarded message
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>>>>> Forwarded message from "Robert C. Pettengill" <rcp@austin.apc.slb.com>
There are a wide variety of free and commercial training materials
available for Linux. There are also certification programs that offer
testing for proficiency and training and materials specific to those
programs. You may find the following useful:
Linux offers many open source training materials that can be accessed
on-line or from your distribution CDs. These include comprehensive
overviews (installation, administration, networking) and "just in time"
style how-to documents. These are usually available in text, HTML, and PDF
or Postscript format. For Red Hat their own documentation is going quite a
bit beyond simple installation now. You can get these from the RedHat site
or in packages from the distribution disks, e.g.:
rhl-ig-6.1en-1 - installation guide
rhl-gsg-6.1en-2 - getting started guide
rhl-rg-6.1en-1 - reference guide
or on-line from
http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/
The Linux Documentation Project stuff is at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/ or
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/ in addition to dozens of specific How-To
documents book length guides include:
Installation and Getting Started Guide
Linux Administrator's Security Guide
Linux System Administration Made Easy
The Linux System Administrators' Guide
The Linux Network Administrators' Guide
The Linux Users' Guide
The Linux Programmer's Guide
Securing and Optimizing Linux: Red Hat Edition
and others. All are available in PDF format for on-line access or
printing. Some are available in languages other than English. Most are
available printed from several commercial publishers. Some of them are
included as RPM modules in the RedHat distribution (e.g. sag-0.6-3.rpm).
For a more comprehensive approach, training for one of the Linux
certification exams is a good approach.
The Red Hat certification exam is well respected, but because of its
emphasis on hands on performance it is only given at RedHat in North
Carolina and perhaps a few other centers now. They have training in the US
and Europe and also commercial electronic training delivered over the
Internet. See:
http://www.redhat.com/training/rhce/courses/
There are a couple of organizations with non-vendor specific Linux
certification and training. Of these I believe only the Sair Linux and Gnu
Certification has widely deployed their testing. See:
http://www.linuxcertification.com/
They have a good bit of material on line and recommended study
references. They have a multi-level approach to certification. The tests
for their first level
are available at Sylvan / Prometric Testing centers in 128 countries
worldwide.
Certification preparation books are available from publisher John Wiley:
Sair Linux and GNU Certification Level 1, Installation and Configuration
and
Sair Linux and GNU Certification Level 1, System Administration
so far.
I took and passed these exams which were given at the Linux World Expo.
They seemed to me about as comprehensive and tough as one can have with
mass testing multiple choice exams. I don't think the exams can be passed
without either a lot of admin experience running Linux or Unix hosts or a
pretty thorough preparatory course. Lots of the questions had multiple
correct answers and you have to pick the best or all correct answers. The
different certification organizations qualify and list approved training
programs. This is probably a useful thing to look for now in selecting a
Linux training program.
;rob
--
Robert C. Pettengill
IT Sourcing, Architecture and Planning
APC:
rcp@slb.com, +1(512)331-3728,
http://www.austin.apc.slb.com/~rcp/
Schlumberger APC IT-S, P. O. Box 200015, Austin, Tx 78720
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