On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 2:59 PM, M Ahsan <[email protected]> wrote: > IMHO, the popularity argument already exists even if we don't notice it in > LPI exams. > But _who_ is "most popular"? How do we _define_ that metric? That's what I meant by the "popular" argument, _not_ so much _against_ it, but _how_ and _who_?
Also, most SNMP and WBEM/CIM solutions _share_ a common Upstream. E.g., even Icinga started as a Nagios fork. Why not look for _commonality_ in "technology" instead of "brand name." Further case-in-point ... > LPIC exams are not distribution agnostic rather they focus on few broad > popular distributions. As an example, it is expected from the candidate to > have knowledge of Debian and RH based installation utilities > (apt/apt-get/dpkg/yum/dnf/rpm). > Is it "Debian" and "Red Hat" or "Ubuntu" and "Red Hat" or "Ubuntu" and "Fedora"? For me, I always stick with the furthest, original Upstream ... so "Debian" and "Fedora." > Installation utilities are not confined to yum or apt; to name a few; > zypper, pacman, urpmi, and so many others exists but it is not expected > from the candidate to have knowledge of these utilities. > > IMHO, there is no harm in advocating the popularity argument, I mean you > want the candidates to have the skills which are better aligned to the > market trend and popularity. > Again, _who_ and _how_?! E.g., the classic "Ubuntu is most popular for users" but "Debian and Fedora are most popular for maintainers," and even the latter is based on the type of metrics used. This is where we all get messed up. - bjs
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