Add me also, please.
On Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 9:15:07 PM UTC-5, tleeonly wrote: > Add me to the study group. thanks > > > On May 13, 2017 9:12 PM, "tleeonly" <tlee...@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...@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+...@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+...@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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