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LPI Announces Security Essentials Beta Exams
2022 November 21
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is entering the last phase of development of the new Security Essentials program. This phase includes public beta exams to which we invite selected candidates.
Security Essentials covers basic knowledge of IT security. The focus is the digital self-defense of an individual user. This includes a [...]
How to Prepare for the Web Development Essentials Exam, Part 2: Front End and Back End
2022 November 17 - By Andrew Oram
This article continues a series about the most recent addition to Linux Professional Institute certifications: Web Development Essentials. The first part introduced the skills that make you a web developer; now we’ll look at the technologies required for each piece of the web experience, shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: [...]
How Linux met my mother
2022 November 15 - By LPI Editorial Team
Resistance to the new and unknown is part of human behavior. It is an evolutionary trait, which in general protects us against environmental hazards and at the same time prevents us from wasting energy unnecessarily. Recently, research has demonstrated that humans can have a natural tendency to avoid physical [...]
How to Prepare for the Web Development Essentials Exam, Part 1: The Most Essential
2022 November 02 - By Andrew Oram
What organization can exist today without a web page? If you know how to create a web site, you can add enormous value to any organization you work for, and find employment almost anywhere. The Web Development Essentials certificate from Linux Professional Institute (LPI) helps you demonstrate that you [...]
How a GNU/Linux Distribution Succeeds, Part 2: Red Hat and Debian Steps to Success
2022 Oktober 07 - By Andrew Oram
The first article in this series looked at the key roles played by community and policy from the beginning in the Red Hat and Debian distributions of Linux. We’ll look at two other key success factors in this concluding part.
Following a professional process to develop a reliable product
After the [...]
Slimbook plans to expand its Linux laptop business
2022 Oktober 06 - By Andrew Oram
Slimbook has been selling laptops running GNU/Linux along with server systems and accessories since 2015. A company running out of Valencia, Spain, it has recently just signed a Solution Provider agreement with Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
To learn more about Slimbook's business model and its relation to the free and [...]
The Developers Conference demonstrates how all technology events are FOSS events
2022 September 27 - By Cesar Brod
For fifteen years, The Developers Conference has taken place in several locations in Brazil. Of course, during the Covid-19 outbreak, like several other conferences, TDC (as it is called by its participants), became a virtual event. Returning in August, 2022 to an in-person format in Sao Paulo, TDC Business [...]
How a GNU/Linux Distribution Succeeds, Part 1: Two Long-Lasting Examples
2022 September 13 - By Andrew Oram
In the world of GNU/Linux distributions, many flourish like grass and then wither away. Despite many appealing elements, a lot of distributions lack staying power. But the ones that have been most successful share some key traits among their great diversity–I discovered that while researching this article.
Out of the [...]
The Secret of Morrolinux’s Success – Part 2: The Future
2022 August 08 - By Max Roveri
This article contains the second part of Massimiliano “Max” Roveri, Linux Professional Institute’s Community Manager, interview with Moreno Razzoli, aka Morrolinux, Linux champion, YouTuber, and, now, LPI Partner.
In the first leg of the interview, we talked with Moreno about the origins of his passion for FLOSS and the Morrolinux [...]
Alex Muñoz Carmona: From LPI certificate to system administration
2022 Juli 26 - By Andrew Oram
Alex Muñoz Carmona did his compulsory studies at INS Guinovarda in Piera, Catalonia. After finishing school, he took the LPI exam that qualified him to receive the Linux Essentials certificate, which he gives credit for helping him win his first professional position as system administrator at the SEAT automobile [...]