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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
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"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
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"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 200,000 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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LPI Japan Branch to Present at OSC2024 Kyoto
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Japan Branch is pleased to announce that it will participate and give a webinar presentation at Open Source Conference 2024 Kyoto on July 27, 2024. A celebration of open source, the Open Source Conference provides ... Read more
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News
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Updates Japanese Exam Prices
Effective October 1, 2024, the prices for LPI certification exams will be updated as follows: Certifications Old Price New Price Essentials 10,000JPY 13,000JPY LPIC-1 15,000JPY 15,000JPY LPIC-2, 3, DevOps, BSD 15,000JPY 18,000JPY All the prices listed above do not ... Read more
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The CrowdStrike Debacle and How Companies Can Protect Themselves
In the early hours of Friday, July 19th reports began that many Microsoft Windows systems were mysteriously failing to boot. Airlines were affected with ticketing systems unable to function and flights being canceled leaving passengers stranded. Banks were not able ... Read more
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