Linux Training in Cape
Town: 2KO
offers specialised Linux courses in Greenpoint Cape
Town, South Africa. Students seeking career change or
just Linux certification can travel from Durban and stay
in comfortable accommodation and focus on gaining Linux
certification. We specialize in certification training,
and have been offering Linux training since 2003. All
Linux trainers are Certified Trainers and have years of
hands on experience, both in the classroom and in the
field.
Certification Programs
Certifications, offered by vendors such as Sun and
Hewlett-Packard, have long been available in the UNIX
world. Since Solaris and HP-UX are not commodity based
products, the more popular PC-based certifications are
the ones that are steadily growing.
There are a number of programs – Linux Professional
Institute, Sair Linux, GNU Certification, Red Hat
Certified Engineer (RHCE), and ComTIA’s Linux+. Each of
these provides objective measurements of a Linux
administrator’s skills, but approach the problem in
different ways.
RHCE requires the candidate to pass a hands-on practical
skills test, solving problems and performing
configuration tasks. This is more involved from an exam
delivery point of view, but this type of testing is very
thorough and difficult, especially for candidates new to
the world of Linux.
2KO Linux course offerings
By offering candidates both the Linux+ plus entry-level
certification track, and the LPI notion of certification
through a sort of open source process, 2KO aims to give
a middle-of-the-road end result. This means that
students can easily gauge their own level of comfort,
after completing at least 1 week of Linux. They can then
make a decision on which exam track to opt for.
LPI organises its Linux Professional Institute
Certification (LPIC) series into three levels: LPIC
level 1, 2 and 3. Each level consists of two exams. LPIC
level 1 exams are numbered 101 and 102.
Level 1 is aimed at junior to midlevel administrators,
who should be comfortable with Linux at the command
line, given Linux’s huge array of commands available and
great flexibility for scripting, and remote management.
They would also be comfortable with performing
installation and troubleshooting. Exams 101 and 102 are
NOT constructed to be difficult or misleading ! However,
they encompass a wide body of material, making YOUR
preparation important for a good understanding of the 14
major topics specified by the LPIC Level 1.
At the time of this publication, the LPI Level 1 exams
are structured as such :
Exam 101: tests 5 topics in approx. 60 questions.
Exam 102: tests 9 topics in approx. 72 questions.
Each exam in limited to 90 minutes.
In the early stages of development, topics were assigned
to exams based on a different scheme than we see today.
Therefore, there is no requirement or advantage to
taking the exams in sequence as they are designed so
that subject matter does not overlap.
What the course covers
