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Xen Virtualization and Cloud Computing #03: Key Features of Xen

The previous articles in this series introduced virtualization and showed how Xen is designed to provide it efficiently. Here we’ll delve into some interesting features and their importance. A larger list can be found at the appropriate project page on … Read more

Xen Virtualization and Cloud Computing #02: How Xen Does the Job

This is the second article in a series. The first introduced virtualization and the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). This article explains how Xen uses different types of virtualization to achieve efficient isolation of virtual machines (VMs). Hardware and operating … Read more

Open source careers: How Brittany Gates found her way to Linux

At the end of 2019, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) celebrated 20 years of offering training and tests. The LPI20 Birthday Contest gave us the opportunity to hear from you some amazing stories about your careers in open source and how the … Read more

Xen Virtualization and Cloud Computing #01: Introduction

The Xen Project is a free and open source hypervisor that enables a computer to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on the same hardware. This article begins a series that covers the way Xen achieves this result efficiently, important features, … Read more

Learning Materials Now Cover the Entire LPIC-1 Exams

Thanks to the efforts of more than 12 professionals from 7 countries, free Learning Materials are now available for the 102 exam for LPIC-1 certification. Linux Professional Institute (LPI), which certifies professionals in GNU/Linux and related free software tools, is … Read more

Benefits of Becoming an LPI Member

Recently, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) launched a formal membership program for holders of its professional level certifications. This program includes holders of LPIC-1 certifications or higher, as well as those certified in the growing list of Open Technology topics.  Membership … Read more

UKFast and LPI Celebrate One Year of Platinum Partnership

In September 2019, UKFast became the first company in the UK to become a Platinum Partner of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). The Manchester-based cloud hosting firm, with more than 400 employees, serves over 5,000 customers ranging from large enterprise … Read more

How to Contribute to an Open Source Project

It is great to see that the strategic relevance of open source software for the software industry is rapidly increasing (e.g. shown by IBM and Microsoft investing heavily into open source) and companies as well as individuals increasingly acknowledge the … Read more

Series part 3: LPI and Azure (German)

Join Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Central Europe and IT-Schulungen.com for this free webinar with the Cloud Solution Architect and Linux specialist Tom Wechsler on September 24, 2020 at 2:00pm CET for a deep dive into how to install Linux on … Read more

LPI Proud to be Supporting DebConf20

August 23 – 29, 2020 Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is excited to be a silver sponsor at DebConf20, takeing place online, from August 23 – 29, 2020. DebConf is the annual conference for Debian contributors and users interested in improving Debian. Previous … Read more