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"See these resources not only as instruments for professional development, but as key knowledge in a world increasingly permeated by technology."
- Luciano Siqueira, Brazil
Author and Teacher in the field of IT Training and part of the LPI’s Learning Portal Team
"Thanks to the localization process I got to learn a lot more about command line tools and I’ve even incorporated some of this new knowledge to my other jobs."
- Julia Vidile, France
Ghostwriter and Copywriter, Learning Materials Author and Translator
"Your learning is the best investment that you can ever make in your career."
- Andrew Mallett, United Kingdom
Founder of The Urban Penguin, Pluralsight Author, Learning Tree International Freelancer and part of the LPI’s Learning Portal Team
How to advance your open source career
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the global certification standard and career support organization for open source professionals. With more than 250,000 certification holders, it’s the world’s first and largest vendor-neutral Linux and open source certification body. LPI has certified professionals in over 180 countries, delivers exams in multiple languages, and has hundreds of training partners.
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Events
Join LPI at ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2024!
December 4-7, 2024 Join Linux Professional Institute (LPI) at ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2024! LPI is excited to announce its participation in ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2024, a premier event for career and technical education (CTE) professionals. Taking place from December 4-7, ... Read more
News
Activities at the 35th Technical College Program Contest in Nara
On October 19–20, 2024, the 35th Technical College Program Contest (“ProCon”) was held in Nara, Japan. This event brought together technical college students from across Japan to showcase their daily learning achievements in a contest focused on creativity and technical ... Read more
Blog
The 2025 Open Source Professionals Job Survey Is Here!
Open Source JobHub and Linux Professional Institute (LPI) have teamed up again to launch the second episode of the Open Source Professionals Job Survey, designed to understand what matters most to professionals in free and open source software in their ... Read more
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