Hi Slugidonia,
Ok, I have a serious question. I have no intention of starting a flame
war, but I honestly want to know why people want to get a distro
specific certification?!!?
I quit using RedHat with 3.0.3. Yes, I still have the CDROM's. That
was after I began learning Linux, with a Slackware CDROM I peeled of the
back of a book I bought in 1995, wherein; the installation entailed a 5
1/4, boot and RAM floppy. Later, I discovered Debian and I never looked
back.
I would argue, if you learned how to install and use Debian
(Woody/Sarge/Sid == stable/testing/unstable) in whatever capacity you
need, you will be able to dominate in Linux systems administration, with
the exception of RPM's and their management, in any certification test.
As a hiring manager, I disregard virtually all certifications and look
at the person applying. If they tell me they love computers and had a
VIC 20/Trash 80/286 growing up and learned everything by being
themselves, I am much more likely to hire them than someone who gets a
certification and may, or may not, love what they are doing, than hire
someone who only got their LPI/MSwhatever/RHwhatever certification.
The certification does not matter. What you know matters. If getting
together to pass a Redhat certification test enables you all to learn
from each other and increase your knowledge, I applaud it. If you are
only doing it for the "money," you will be quickly sniffed out and
snuffed out.
Remember, its all Linux and if you want a career in it, you should keep
it Distro steril, or at least understand how it all works, together, as
a system.
Send flames to me personally or to the politics list, if this really
gets your ire.
That is just my two cents,
The Logan
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