Linux Community Magazine

Computers have been around for some years now and almost every thing is computerized and many people are making a lot of money out of it. Most of the code written aren't open source because they don't want to show their codes off but there are other companies such as Linux which has been producing a lot of open source code. Linux because of this feature has become very famous. Almost half of the computers round the globe use Linux operating systems as they are very secure and are easy for up gradation. Most of the servers around the globe run on the Linux operating system.

This shows the reliability that Linux has. Linux has been promoting a lot of educational activities through various certification programs. One such certification program of Linux is the Linux+ certification. The Linux+ certification exam is vendor neutral and paves way for a person to attend the future Linux exams such as the famous Linux red hat. It requires a person to have at least 6 months of work experience in Linux language and also requires a person to have the A+ certification and network certification. A lot of companies around the globe require Linux professionals and for this purpose the certification attains greater importance.

One of the ways to clear the exam is to keep practicing the installation, configuration, diagnosing and trouble shooting of Linux in various systems. Some of the big names of the IT industry such a IBM,HP and also Intel recognize this certification and are always on the look out for professionals with this certification. The exam mainly consists of the following contents. It has Linux planning, implementation, Installation, configuration, administration, system maintenance, trouble shooting, installing mainframe hardware, diagnosing and trouble shooting. The questions are distributed based on these topics and the marks are disbursed among these topics. The exam requires good understanding of the concepts and their application.