Add me to the study group. thanks On May 13, 2017 9:12 PM, "tleeonly" <tleeo...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Monday, May 8, 2017 at 8:29:27 PM UTC-5, jonnyX wrote: > > Howdy, > > Quick question: Who would be interested in participating in the proposed > Linux+/LPIC-1/CentOS7 certification study group this summer? Please either > respond here or email me privately by Wednesday. > > The Nashville Technology Council is still toying with the idea of hosting > user groups in their shiny new facilities on weekends; currently they do > not. If we have enough people interested in showing up twice a month for > the study sessions, the NTC will do it. Based on the last round of email > exchanges, I think they're looking for 15 people minimum before they unlock > the doors. If we can't manage 15 people the first time out, I'm open to > suggestions for alternate sites. > > For those not familiar with the proposed Linux+/LPIC-1/CentOS7 > certification study group: > > It's an idea we started kicking around after the March meeting. John > O'Malley has volunteered to run the sessions, since he obtained his certs a > few months ago; the Linux+, LPIC-1, and CentOS7 are all the same cert. If > you pass the Linux+ "version," you can fill out a couple of webforms & get > certificates for the other two, allowing you to put all three > certifications on your resume for the price of one. The Linux+ is the > second most requested Linux cert on the big IT job boards; first and third > are the RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) and the RHCSA (Red Hat Certified > Systems Administrator), respectively. If all goes well with the Linux+/LPIC > study group this summer, we'll try a RHCSA study group in the fall and a > RHCE study group in the spring of 2018. > > Proposed Linux+/LPIC study group meetings are currently the first & third > Saturday of each month, early in the afternoon (1:00pm - 2:00pm, possibly > later; also possibly longer than an hour if ~90+ minutes works better). The > dates are: > > Jun 03 > Jun 17 > Jul 01 > Jul 15 > Aug 05 > Aug 19 > > July is actually kind of tricky, since July 04 is on a Tuesday; it's > a federal holiday, so some people might take off Monday as well and > make that a long holiday weekend. July 08 and 22 might be a > better substitute, attendance-wise. Comments & suggestions are welcome (on > all dates & times, not just those in July). > > Nashville Technology Council info: > > https://technologycouncil.com/ > 500 Interstate Blvd. S, > Suite 200 > Nashville, TN 37210 > > Further info on the CompTIA Linux+: > > prereq: none (A+, Network+, 12 mo exp recommended) > exams: LX0-103 and LX0-104 (60 multiple-choice questions each, 90 > minutes, 500 required out of 200-800 scale to pass) > cost: $200 per exam > valid: "The CompTIA Linux+ certification is considered good for life and > does not need to be renewed." > > https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/linux > > How to earn LPIC-1 with Linux+ > * Please note that you cannot earn LPIC-1 and then apply for Linux+. The > Linux+ must be earned first. (This offer is NOT available in Japan.) > 1) Earn your Linux+ > 2) Obtain an LPI ID at https://cs.lpi.org/caf/Xamman/register > 3) Once you have passed both Linux+ exams, log into your CompTIA > certification account. Choose Demographics | Settings. On the Settings page > check the box to have your information forwarded to LPI, then click Submit. > > I'll crosspost this to the Meetup group shortly; apologies if you see it > twice. Vincent, please feel free to forward this to VMUG. All, please feel > free to crosspost this to other relevant meetups and mailing lists (err on > the side of caution & ask the list or group owner first if you're not sure, > please; we don't want to spam). > > Thanks, > > ~~Dru > > PS - Our next installfest may be in ~2.5 weeks (May 27th) at the East > Nashville Brew Works. I'm meeting Sean Jewett there tomorrow (along with > John and possibly Howard) to check it out. If all goes well, I'll confirm > it at the NLUG meeting. Tentative focus will be on installing & configuring > CentOS7 in advance of the first study group meeting, and handing out the > first reading assignments & exercises. Hopefully we can use ENBW as a > backup site if the NTC doesn't work out. > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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