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Unix Certifications?

homerj742homerj742 Member Posts: 251
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Does such a thing exist? Best way to learn/practice?
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    sprkymrksprkymrk Member Posts: 4,884 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Solaris has a certification track. Not too sure of any others besides the Linux stuff.
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    MunckMunck Member Posts: 150
    You can get certified in AIX from IBM.
    SANS also has a Unix cert: "GCUX"
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    Ricka182Ricka182 Member Posts: 3,359
    There are plenty of Unix certs. I took a Solaris class a few years back, and it was like Chinese to me. Probably because I was in an advanced class, but still didn't make a lot of sense. If you don't have experience with Unix, you may want to hold off for a while. The Unix people at my work told me it took a long time to get a quality job doing Unix, because most companies don't want to take a chance on someone who just has certs, experience is generally required....practice isn't cheap to come by either, as most Unix equipment is not that cheap....
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    mikey_bmikey_b Member Posts: 188
    VMWare is cheap (free!) and Solaris x86 works great on it, I used that for most of my basic UNIX training but have never bothered to certify, my employer is a 90% Wintel shop.
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    homerj742homerj742 Member Posts: 251
    Where can I get a copy of Solaris x86 (cheap)
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    sprkymrksprkymrk Member Posts: 4,884 ■■■□□□□□□□
    homerj742 wrote:
    Where can I get a copy of Solaris x86 (cheap)

    I think this will do it:
    http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp
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    SlowhandSlowhand Mod Posts: 5,161 Mod
    For anyone interested in checking out Sun's certs, go to their Solaris Certification Website and take a look at the overview of the paths.
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    homerj742homerj742 Member Posts: 251
    Cool thanks for the information.
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    Ricka182Ricka182 Member Posts: 3,359
    sprkymrk wrote:
    homerj742 wrote:
    Where can I get a copy of Solaris x86 (cheap)

    I think this will do it:
    http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp

    I'd say Solaris is a pretty good deal if you can figure it out. I took my class on S8, so I'm sure the gui has gotten much better by now.
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