--- In [email protected], dandantheitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 24/04/07, ronaldmccnnll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to DubaiLUG, and interested in LPI Certification. I use Linux > > at home and a few UNIX flavours at work, so I see the certification as > > a chance to learn more and also prove that I know something. > > > > I searched previous posts here for info about LPI, and found a few > > things but few specifics. > > > > Does anybody know where you can take the exams in Dubai, and what is > > the cost? All the websites I found focused on training, and not on > > home-studied exam-takers. > > > > I have the impression from www.lpi.org that these exams are not supposed > > to be very expensive (about 150 USD). > > > > Hi Ronald, > > WHen I took my LPI I it was 360dhs, but the cost has been increased to > $150. LPI uses the same testing centres as every other vendor. So > whart you need to find is aPrometric or Pearson VUE testing centre. > The centres require that you register a week in advance and you need > to bring down your ID as well. > > Test Centres in Dubai are as follows: > > NEW HORIZONS > Business Centre, Bank Street > Dubai. > > THE NETWORK CENTER > 101-103 SULTAN BUSINESS CNTR. > P.O. BOX 27217 > DUBAI, > 971 4 3378781 > > EXECUTRAIN > 1ST FLOOR, OFFICE COURT BLDG. > OUD METHA ROAD, NEAR AL NASR > CLUB / P.O. BOX 26977 > DUBAI, > 97143374888 > > I have only taken tests at New Horizons, on Bank Street opposite the > Burjaman centre, but the testing centre was pretty quiet, and the > people seemed nice. Hope this helps. > > Dan > > -- > _____________________________________________________________ > " They that can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin 1706 - 1790 >
Thanks, Dan. That is very helpful. If you don't mind sharing, may I ask: What motivated you to get the LPI certification? What's your current opinion of LPIC? Do you feel now that you've gotten any use out of this? I've done a few online courses with multiple question exams in the past, and I really wasn't impressed. But LPIC seems tough, and put together by people who really know what they're talking about...
