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Talent Land Mexico and Linux Professional Institute together in 2023

April 10-14, 2023 We are delighted with Talent Land‘s support to Linux Professional Institute (LPI) for Talent Land Mexico 2023 in Guadalajara. Talent Land welcomes LPI with open arms, offering a booth and a 30-seat (and workstations!) classroom at no … Leer más

Why Seek an LPI Security Essentials Certificate?

IT security is more important than ever. We are all, as individuals and as organizations, exposed to IT security threats. Therefore, every computer user needs information about protecting computers and data. This goal prompted LPI to create the Security Essentials … Leer más

LPI Paper-based Exams at the Grazer Linux Days

April 14-15, 2023 On April 14th and 15th, 2023, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) will be represented by our Partner, Linux-Schmie.de, offering Paper-based exams at the Grazer Linuxtage 2023. LPI Exams Session There will be three sessions. Friday, 14.04.2023 2:30 pm … Leer más

Community Event Creates a Vision for Empowerment

Jumping Bean, a computer consulting firm located in a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, received an unusual phone call in late 2022. Parents of students at a local high school, consisting predominantly of previously disadvantaged students, asked the organization to … Leer más

Open Source Myth: That Intruders Can More Easily Find Flaws

People who think that open source suffers from poor quality often air this myth as well. It seems superficially to make sense, because malicious attackers can read open code and find bugs they can exploit. These bugs are often called … Leer más

Michinori Nakahara joins LPI Board of Directors

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is pleased to announce its newest board member, Michinori Nakahara of Japan. Michinori Nakahara has been a manager at IBM-Japan for more than 33 years. He has championed Linux and open source software since 1999, … Leer más

Why Everyone Should Know Security Essentials

LPI has just released the Security Essentials certificate. Our interest in this topic is not arbitrary: These days, IT security news is ubiquitous. Every day, someone’s data is encrypted for ransom, personal information is copied, and new security vulnerabilities are … Leer más

Open Source Myth: That It Will Be Incompatible With the Software Colleagues Use

People who spread fear through this myth are enforcing a software monoculture, which is just as bad for organizations as crop monocultures are for agriculture. Most companies nowadays use open formats, so colleagues won’t even notice if you’re using an … Leer más

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) at SCaLE 20x 2023

March 9 – 12, 2023 Linux Professional Institute (LPI) invites you to connect with them at SCaLE.The event takes place March 9 – 12, 2023 in Pasadena, CA.   SCaLE is North America’s largest community-run Free and Open Source Software, … Leer más

Open Source Myth: That Open Source Has Poor Quality

This myth assumes that proprietary companies invest a lot of effort in ensuring that their code is correct and secure, whereas open source projects don’t. But bugs and security flaws turn up in both proprietary and open source code. In … Leer más