Linux+ Certification for Not Yet Techies

"Computer Careers: A Good Beginning for Anyone Wishing to Become a Linux High Tech Jobs Professional"

by Richard Stooker, President Info Ring Press and author of Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career

Linux+ certification background:

CompTIA designed the Linux+ certification as a "vendor neutral" way of measuring the technical competence of Linux professionals with 6 months practical experience." Linux+ certification is their bid to help establish a solid credential for the many computer pros who are taking up the new operating system.

There are a number of companies coming out with their own packages of Linux, such as Red Hat and Caldera, to name two. CompTIA designed Linux+ certification, as it designs all its certifications, to be vendor neutral and cover the basic generalities.

The Linux+ certification is designed to be foundation from which people can move onward and upward. Currently, the only vendor specific Linux cert is the Red Hat Certified Engineer RHCE certification, which is designed to be more difficult, the equivalent to Microsoft's MCSE and Novell's CNE.

Type of Linux+ certifications for computer careers:

Cross-Platform

Linux+ certification worth it?

Standard disclaimer:

Whether or not any certification is "worth it" is an individual decision. You alone must decide what your career goals and needs are.

Look at certifications from a cost/benefit or Return On Investment (ROI) basis. If they help you get a better paying job or make more money at your current job, they are obviously "worth it."

The problem is, there is no real way of measuring how much you can expect your income to go up as a result of any given certification. It also depends on non-related job search skills such as how well you network.

The Linux+ certification is currently under development by CompTIA. They plan to cover the following areas:

Network+ therefore gives the beginner a chance to learn the basics of networking without having to take sides first.

User administration
Connecting to the network
Package management
Security concept
Shell scripting
Networking
Apache web server application
Drivers (installation, updating, removing)
Kernel (what it is, why to rebuild)
Basic printing
Basic troubleshooting

This is currently where the CompTIA Linux+ certification stands.

Next: RHCE

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