Linux+ certification
Hi all,
I am studying towards the Linux+ certification LX0-101 and 102 before 08/15. Can someone recommend which linux version i can use for practice toward my exam. Thanks in advance.
I am studying towards the Linux+ certification LX0-101 and 102 before 08/15. Can someone recommend which linux version i can use for practice toward my exam. Thanks in advance.
Comments
-
DoubleNNs
Member Posts: 2,015 ■■■■■□□□□□
CentOS 6.
Ubuntu LTS (Or Debian).
Play around with OpenSUSE for a day or 2.
I'd recommend staying on the CLI s much as possible, but be aware that ~ 8% of the 2nd exam is on GUI config.
To generally learn Linux, outside of the exam topics, I'd recommend trying Linux Mint as your main OS.Goals for 2018:
Certs: RHCSA, LFCS: Ubuntu, CNCF CKA, CNCF CKAD | AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect Pro, AWS Certified Security Specialist, GCP Professional Cloud Architect
Learn: Terraform, Kubernetes, Prometheus & Golang | Improve: Docker, Python Programming
To-do | In Progress | Completed -
c0mptia
Member Posts: 149 ■■■□□□□□□□
Thanks for the quick respond...i will download Linux Mint. Thanks again.. -
teancum144
Member Posts: 229 ■■■□□□□□□□
According to the All-In-One exam guide by Robb Tracy, you need to be familiar with the following three classes of distributions:- Debian based: e.g. Mint, Ubuntu, etc.
- Red Hat based: e.g. CentOS, Fedora, RHEL, etc.
- Slackware based: e.g. OpenSUSE, Slackware, etc.
This works pretty well for me because each distribution is freely available, well-funded and supported by corporate sponsors, mainstream (well-supported by their respective communities), and gives me a good hands-on feel for the differences between these categories of distributions.
I'm particularly impressed by the Fedora community's support. When I post questions to the Fedora Forum, responses are timely, many, and very informational. The other communities are not as responsive (not as timely and I don't get as many responses) and often the quality is not as good.If you like my comments or questions, you can show appreciation by clicking on the reputation badge/star icon near the lower left of my post.
-
Swift6
Member Posts: 268 ■■■■□□□□□□
teancum144 wrote: »According to the All-In-One exam guide by Robb Tracy, you need to be familiar with the following three classes of distributions:- Debian based: e.g. Mint, Ubuntu, etc.
- Red Hat based: e.g. CentOS, Fedora, RHEL, etc.
- Slackware based: e.g. OpenSUSE, Slackware, etc.
This works pretty well for me because each distribution is freely available, well-funded and supported by corporate sponsors, mainstream (well-supported by their respective communities), and gives me a good hands-on feel for the differences between these categories of distributions.
I'm particularly impressed by the Fedora community's support. When I post questions to the Fedora Forum, responses are timely, many, and very informational. The other communities are not as responsive (not as timely and I don't get as many responses) and often the quality is not as good.
Could not have put it any better. -
OfWolfAndMan
Member Posts: 923 ■■■■□□□□□□
I just recently took the first test. I personally used Ubuntu Server Edition and the base Centos 7, both running in ESXi. The above is accurate as well.:study:Reading: Lab Books, Ansible Documentation, Python Cookbook 2018 Goals: More Ansible/Python work for Automation, IPSpace Automation Course [X], Build Jenkins Framework for Network Automation [] -
c0mptia
Member Posts: 149 ■■■□□□□□□□
OfWolfAndMan wrote: »I just recently took the first test. I personally used Ubuntu Server Edition and the base Centos 7, both running in ESXi. The above is accurate as well.
Thank you.. -
bobdmagic
Registered Users Posts: 3 ■□□□□□□□□□
I recommend Red Hat. Red Hat engineers are in high demand and make a lot of money. Centos is a free version of Red Hat so get a copy of it for a practice lab. You can find access to free training at Free Linux+ Training -
bobdmagic
Registered Users Posts: 3 ■□□□□□□□□□
Linux+ is still not that well known in my opinion. If you want a network engineer job look into Red Hat or Suse Novell Certification. Off course you might as well get the Linux+ first as the material overlaps.
-
stephenjakim
Member Posts: 20 ■■■□□□□□□□
I'm just starting to get into Linux, about 2 weeks in just messing with the OS/gui and some command like stuff. I have installed CentOS 7 dual boot on my second desktop (still keeping windows 7 on my main desktop as I need it), and Mint on my 2 laptops and going only Linux on there. I wanted to go both sides to see the differences between both but I think I might put back CentOS on my main laptop to get more used to using that as I plan to go Linux+ and then RHCSA for my cert after.
