Passed Linux+

Passed Linux+ today with 750. I have about 3 years experience working with BSD/Linux and studied for about a month; and this exam isn't as easy as it may seem. There was only a few IRQ/hardware type questions. But basically the things to know:

iptables
route
tripwire
samba (mounting/configuration)
bash variables
basic shell scripting (if,while,end,done,fi)
scheduling (at,cron)
encryption (SHA5,MD5,DES,etc.)
USB
SSH
NIS!
printing
networking w/ troubleshooting

I studied mostly with Testout Linux+ (got for free :P) and a little with Linux Bible. But the most helpful was probably http://www.mcmcse.com/forums/exams/. The pretests are very similar to what kind of questions to expect.

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Sulblk27

Congrats

I hope to sit that exam after ccna.

Congratulations!

Congrats!

congrats

Congratulations!

kurrier wrote:

Passed Linux+ today with 750. I have about 3 years experience working with BSD/Linux and studied for about a month; and this exam isn't as easy as it may seem. There was only a few IRQ/hardware type questions. But basically the things to know:

iptables
route
tripwire
samba (mounting/configuration)
bash variables
basic shell scripting (if,while,end,done,fi)
scheduling (at,cron)
encryption (SHA5,MD5,DES,etc.)
USB
SSH
NIS!
printing
networking w/ troubleshooting

I studied mostly with Testout Linux+ (got for free :P) and a little with Linux Bible. But the most helpful was probably http://www.mcmcse.com/forums/exams/. The pretests are very similar to what kind of questions to expect.

Congrads !!!!, have been thinking about taking Linux+. Thanks for the pointers with commands.

Slowhand

Congratulations on the pass. It's good to know that the test was difficult even for someone with plenty of experience. Back when I took the test, my studying for it was the first real exposure I'd had to Linux and Unix, and I found the exam to be pretty difficult. I used TestOut as well, seems like that's a popular option for Linux+. What's next on the hit-list: LPIC, RHCE, or something on the Microsoft or Cisco path?

milliamp

Linux+ (XK0-002) was definitely harder than the other CompTIA exams I have taken. It is a shame XK0-001 made such a poor first impression of the cert.

I hope they don't dumb it down later to cash in.