Linux+ Beta still alive

I just got an email this morning asking me if I wanted to participate in the beta exam. They said that they need about 50 more people to take the exam and then in about 4-5 months I would get my score. I have till Sept.5 to take the exam then it shuts off. So Anyways I am going to take it. Anyone know where to find the new objectives?

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Bl8ckr0uter

kriscamaro68 wrote: »

I just got an email this morning asking me if I wanted to participate in the beta exam. They said that they need about 50 more people to take the exam and then in about 4-5 months I would get my score. I have till Sept.5 to take the exam then it shuts off. So Anyways I am going to take it. Anyone know where to find the new objectives?

I got the same email today..

How much do you know about linux?

kriscamaro68

well all our servers but 2 are linux and all are command line only. I know some but only enough to do what i need on a day to day basis. I doubt I know enough to pass this but hopefully i get in some study time for it.

Bl8ckr0uter

kriscamaro68 wrote: »

well all our servers but 2 are linux and all are command line only. I know some but only enough to do what i need on a day to day basis. I doubt I know enough to pass this but hopefully i get in some study time for it.

cool. I picked up the fedore 6 and red hat linux bible and unix/linux survival guide. I think I am going to do some serious labbing and try to pound this out..

shednik

I got the email as well...anything to note from the past beta testers? skrpune?

skrpune

shednik wrote: »

I got the email as well...anything to note from the past beta testers? skrpune?

well I didn't take the beta on this one, and I am still waiting on the results from my Server+ beta. So the biggest thing is patience I guess - you have to wait a few weeks to months to get your results. I suck at the patience thing. And just about every time I forget about it, some kind soul (ahem, dynamik) mentions it to me and reminds me that I have to wait some more. Thanks pal!

Other than that, since there's no published study guides for betas, just use the objectives as your guide on what to prepare for. You can use study guides/cbt's/etc for previous releases of the exams to give you a review and then do some extra googling of the stuff that's new on the beta's objectives.

Be prepared for a long exam too - you'll get more questions than on a "real" exam, and your exam time will cover the time to take the exam AND comment on the questions as well. If memory serves me correctly, you can comment on a question as you're taking the exam - it's been a while, and maybe I'm mixing this up with the MS beta I took, but I'm pretty sure that on the CompTIA betas, you can leave your comments on the fly by just clicking the "comment" button at the bottom of the screen. I believe that with the MS betas, you have to do that at the end, but I could be wrong.

Good luck!!

RobertKaucher

It's about 2:18 EST in the US. Have you guys gotten a reply from those emails with the voucher code? I have not.

Bl8ckr0uter

RobertKaucher wrote: »

It's about 2:18 EST in the US. Have you guys gotten a reply from those emails with the voucher code? I have not.

I called Carol Bulkam. She said she will start sending out the vouchers in the next few hours. Also if you had an email that said it was a pearson vue voucher, that is NOT correct. It is a prometric voucher. Just keep that in mind.

msteinhilber

I received my voucher (Prometric) about 10 minutes ago. Scheduled for next Tuesday, not expecting much difficulty since I've been using Linux personally and professionally for a number of years but we'll see.

PC509

Awaiting mine.

I am studying like a banshee for this one.

Can't wait!

shednik

I just got mine...time to do a bit of review.

kriscamaro68

Just signed up for mine just now hopefully i take it before the 50 others do.

Bl8ckr0uter

got mine. Time to cram for the next 2 weeks

RobertKaucher

Well, I did not get a reply, so I suppose I won't be getting one.

But the best of luck to those of you who did!

veritas_libertas

I got the e-mail as well. Anyone got any suggestions on studying material?

veritas_libertas

Yikes! I just downloaded the objectives for the Linux+, 13 pages!!!! I am not sure that I am going to go for this. For someone with as little knowledge of Linux as I have would probably need several good months of studying.

carboncopy

Just got an email today!!!!!!

Bl8ckr0uter

veritas_libertas wrote: »

Yikes! I just downloaded the objectives for the Linux+, 13 pages!!!! I am not sure that I am going to go for this. For someone with as little knowledge of Linux as I have would probably need several good months of studying.

Thats how I feel. I am going to cram but I will use this as a free practice test

RobertKaucher

Me too! Looks like I will be taking it. Scheduled it for the 29th. Good lord, I am going to have to cram. I have used Linux off and on for years and I manage 5 linux systems at work... but I'm not to sure about this.

UnixGeek

I received an invite too, and signed up to take it on the 28th. Looking over the objectives list, it looks like this will be a fun exam. I'll be sure to brush up on printing and X11 before sitting it.

matradley

Geez... The results for this exam will never be available.

veritas_libertas

If anyone wants a voucher still I have one. Just PM me...