LPI Community Corner
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LPI "Behind the Scenes": Skills Standards and the European e-Competence Framework
on May 6, 2013LPI alumni, and the individuals who take our exams, inherently recognize that IT certification is a valuable indicator of technology skills and knowledge. Rare is the IT professional who doesn't hold a number of IT certifications. These certifications indicate to employers, clients and colleagues...
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How may I be of service?
on April 30, 2013*/ Recently I went to a conference of the SCAA, which is an organization that promotes good coffee, and the premier coffee industry. While at the conference for a day, I attended a talk called “Customer Service from the Barista" by Nathaniel May a “Coffee Educator” out of Portland (OR) Roasting...
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LPI Exam Lab: Canakkale University, Turkey
on April 19, 2013During the fall academic term (October 2012-February 2013), computer engineering students of Canakkale University, Turkey were invited to participate in a training program on LPI-101 (one of two exams necessary for LPIC-1 certification). Forty students participated in this training program...
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Shell: A powerful first computer language
on April 13, 2013*/ On a recent phone call I was asked what I would recommend for a first computer language and I quickly responded: “Python”. While I believe many computer languages have places in modern day computing, “Python” is a good beginner language. However, after a few seconds, I added: “But for Unix...
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maddogs, Englishmen and Germans: CeBIT and a trip to the UK
on March 20, 2013Author's Note: For those of you who are impatient, or short of time, and are only looking for “meat” in a blog entry, I have made those “meaty phrases” bold. Some phrases are in italics and you may want to read those too. You should definitely read the text that is both italicized and in bold. For...
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Report on FOSSC-Oman' 2013
on March 1, 2013Last week, February 18-19, LPI representatives attended the Free & Open Source Software Conference in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman (FOSSC-Oman’ 2013). The conference was jointly organized by the Communication and Information Research Center (CIRC) at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) and the...
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Linux Essentials Update: SCALE11x, Birmingham City University-UK and Cebit 2013
on February 12, 2013Less than a year ago, LPI announced the launch of the Linux Essentials program at Cebit 2012 in Hannover, Germany. The program has rapidly developed since that time and in anticipation of the one year anniversary of that announcement we are providing an update on some Linux Essentials' events...
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Ten Reasons Why You Can't Use GNU/Linux
on December 5, 2012Many years ago I was still working for Digital Equipment Corporation, but I was also going around the world talking about Free Software and GNU/Linux. As I talked with people, they would come up to me and say “I would use Linux except it....” and they would go on and give their reason why they...
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Vendor Neutrality and Sole Suppliers
on November 19, 2012I had some business courses when I was an undergraduate at Drexel University. One of those courses talked about business management, and one of the main tenants of that course was that companies should, whenever possible, be “vendor neutral” and have a second source of the products and services...
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LPI Affiliate Conference 2012 (Dubai, UAE)
on November 1, 2012Commencing November 2nd, LPI Master Affiliates from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will meet in Dubai, UAE to share best practices, discuss trends in Linux certification and training, and propose new programs and initiatives for LPI (*See "Editor's Note" at the bottom of this page)....
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