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Take the Next Step for Your Career With LPIC-1

Open source software and tools continue to grow in features and value. Companies around the world are looking for people who know how to set up and administer Linux environments. So why not take the plunge and aim for the … Per saperne di più

A growing career in cybersecurity: Isabela Fedrigo

In this issue of the Share Your Voice series we meet Isabela Fedrigo, who recently took the Linux Essentials certificate. Isabela is at the beginning of her career in cybersecurity, but her story with GNU/Linux and with free and open … Per saperne di più

LPI Essentials Exams – Scoprire nuovi settori

Il Linux Professional Institute (LPI) è noto come fornitore di esami nel campo di Linux e degli strumenti open source, dove offre certificazioni per l’intero spettro, dai principianti agli specialisti ed esperti. Ma proprio mentre Linux è penetrato in un … Per saperne di più

Linux Professional Institute at the Connected Kenya Summit 2023

The Connected Summit 2023 was held at the Diamonds Leisure Lodge at Diani Beach, on the Kenya South Coast, from April 2-5, 2023. This annual event, organized by the Ministry of Information Communication and the Digital Economy through the Kenya … Per saperne di più

How Linux changed my life: Sam “Si” Wachira

I’ve been a computer tinkerer and enthusiast for free and open source software (FOSS) from a young age. When I started out, I had no idea where Linux and FOSS would take me professionally, or that it would play a … Per saperne di più

Antonio Perpinan: Open Source Proponent in the Spanish-Speaking World

In the early years of free and open source software–according to Hernán Pachas Magallanes, LPI Account Executives Team Leader–documentation was almost exclusively in English. Because open source is no longer for developers and hackers, and is being promoted widely among … Per saperne di più

Become an LPI Member and Set Our Future Direction

As a global organization offering certifications in more than 180 countries, and as a non-profit, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) seeks broad diversity on its Board of Directors. If you have obtained a professional level certification through LPI, you can become … Per saperne di più

A Tech Trainer Discovers the Security Essentials Certificate

More than a decade ago, while preparing to take my very first technology certificate exam (the LPIC-1, as it happened), I learned something new about the entire certificate process. Now, I was no stranger to the education world at that … Per saperne di più

Stepping up to Your Personal Security Role

Close your eyes and try to conjure an image or scenario in your mind around the phrase “cybersecurity incident”. When you do so, what picture starts to form in your mind? Depending on your background and level of expertise, the … Per saperne di più

Open Source Myth: That It Has a Higher Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

This myth has been long-standing. Proprietary vendors would acknowledge that there were license fees associated with their software, but would point to the costs of migrating, re-training users, and higher wages and scarcity of comparable software support due to fewer … Per saperne di più

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 … Per saperne di più

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 … Per saperne di più