See our Comdex page for some coverage and photos. Moves in Linux professional certification . It has been a busy week on the certification front, as two competing organizations make announcements and seek to become the de facto certification standard. It will be deployed globally within a few weeks. This exam is distribution independent, and covers basic administration concepts.
Certification requires passing both of the first two, and one of the distribution-specific exams.
Look for the LPI to run a contest or provide other incentives for people to take the test during the beta period. While reiterating its committment to Linux, SGI also noted that it is adding several, training courses on Linux subjects, aimed at LPI certification. The end result of all this is that certification for Linux professionals will be available from two sources shortly. That depends on a number of factors, including the demand for certification in general, the quality of the individual programs, and the demand for Linux administrators in general. If all goes well, both programs could be around for a long time.