I’ve successfully completed the soon retiring Linux + powered by
LPI exam. The feeling is great!
Thanks to all the previous posters for their tips and feedback. Managed
to get 660/800. I found the LX-04 test a bit easier than first one.
A week leading up to the exam I was not feeling too confident as
my practise tests (Steve Suehring) gave me an average of 65% for the review
topics. I still felt positive based on the amount of studying I had done.
My study materials included
-CompTIA Linux+ / LPIC-1 Cert Guide: (Exams LX0-103 &
LX0-104/101-400 & 102-400) (Certification Guide) by Ross Brunson and Sean
Walberg
-CompTIA Linux+ and LPIC Practice Tests: Exams LX0-103/LPIC-1
101-400, LX0-104/LPIC-1 102-400, LPIC-2 201, and LPIC-2 202 by Steve Suehring
-CompTIA Linux+ Powered by Linux Professional Institute Study
Guide: Exam LX0-103 and Exam LX0-104 (Comptia Linux + Study Guide) Christine
Bresnahan and Richard Blum, 2015
-Youtube for clarification on concepts
-labbing with Ubuntu
-Reviewing the Comptia certification requirements and searching for
the terms, bookmarking websites I found helpful
I mainly used the Ross Brunson and Sean Walberg for study and read
the book a few times. I used the Bresnahan for quick review and practise questions. I took notes from each chapter and noted down every single
command in an Excel spreadsheet and Word document. The command went in the Word
document with brief description. An example would be xwininfo: a utility for displaying information about windows. Various
information is displayed depending on which options are selected.
I also noted down all the references to a file path
/usr/share/zoneinfo: The
configuration for time zones and daylight savings
/etc/sudoers: add a user to this file to make an admin
Commands put into the Excel spreadsheet focused on the individual
flag that would be used and followed the format
Command : flag: description
w Display
info about users currently logged in and their processes
-h remove headers
-s Short format
username Shows info for a particular user
-i Display IP address
-V Version information
I also found a helpful 
resource on youtube when I searched for LPIC practise
tests.
I also got about 17 questions that were fill in the blank. I did
not find them terribly difficult as I had tried to memomize all the commands
and switches. Point being is they can kill your score because you have to know
the answer and you can’t guess
Examples may be.
What sql command does this?
What is the name of the
file that manages xyz?
In this config file there is a setting that manages something.
What is this setting (flag)?
Study hard, memorize those commands and what they do.
Hope that helps any late test takers, good luck.
