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Why Does Linux Need Certification?

A widely-recognized Linux certification ensures that IT professionals have a means of demonstrating their Linux skills to potential employers while assuring customers that they are receiving knowledgable support.

The easiest way to gain corporate, governmental, and institutional support and usage of Linux is to ensure that there is a recognized support system in place. This includes professionally accredited support services and an industry recognized skills standard. Other reasons for a professional certification for Linux include:

  1. Create industry recognition
  2. Provide an organizational path for students
  3. Provide an organizational mechanism for training centers
  4. Enhance marketing
  5. Counter the "no-support" argument
  6. Turn students into advocates
  7. Provide other means of employment for Linux skilled individuals
  8. Recruit new Linux users
  9. Assist in the hiring process

This subject was dealt with in detail by Dan York, LPI Co-founder and its first president, in the first article [click here to read the article] of a series on Linux certification that he wrote for the Linux Gazette.

Linux skills certification

LPI is committed to the development of a global standard in Linux certification. LPI believes that such a certification program must meet the requirements of both IT professionals and the organizations that would employ them. To achieve this goal LPI has adopted an open, rigorous, and consultative development process which uses both volunteer and hired resources. LPI's development process is widely recognized and endorsed and has met the strict requirements of independent certification authorities.

The LPI Certification Program is:

  1. Designed by a community of Linux professionals, volunteers, vendors and educators
  2. Challenging: if you don't know the subjects you won't pass
  3. Accessible and available at thousands of test centres around the world or at special events
  4. Of high quality: relying on critical input from numerous Linux experts and employing scientific and industry-recognized psychometric processes
  5. Distribution-neutral: verifying knowledge on any standard Linux system
  6. Relevant: surveying thousands to determine the skills that need to be tested
  7. Training-vendor independent: encouraging a variety of methods and approaches to test preparation
  8. Supported and sponsored by a large number of Linux companies and projects
  9. A certification the Linux community can respect and be proud of

Kindly follow the links below leading to the LPI International website for further information on the LPI Program:

Certification Basics [click here]

FAQ General [click here]

FAQ Exams [click here]