The Linux Professional Institute offer a certification programme. Certifications in administrating the Linux operating system can help employers wanting to recruit knowledgeable employees, and help those applying for a new job. The LPIC series of exams are vendor neutral which means that someone passing the exams should be able to handle both RedHat and Debian based linux distributions.
The information on this page, and the practice exams is not endorsed by LPI or any other organisations. It is provided as is, for use during exam preperation. No liability can be accepted in any way for use of these materials. See the site information for more details.
There are 3 levels within the certification process, and you need to pass two exams to reach each level. The
levels are:
Requires exams 101 and 102
Requires exams 201 and 202
Still under development, currently in beta
You can view the objectives on the LPI website (About the LPIC programme).
The exams are either computer based, or paper based. The following provide some more information about taking the exams.
The level 3 exams are now in beta and were offered at the LinuxWorld Expo Conference during October 2006.
To help with revision there is a:
The following resources can help with preperation for the Linux Certification Exams.
Also see the reviews section, for books that can help with Linux Certification.