[ubuntu-uk] Certification [Free]
Does anyone know of a reputable *free* certification I can acquire to say I'm a proficient Ubuntu user, ideally server administration? I'm trying to build up some qualifications and I'm not prepared to pay the £1000+ for the one from the Ubuntu shop. Best Regards, Dave Hanson http://hansonforensics.co.uk *IMPORTANT NOTICE:* This email is confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited and may be a criminal offence. Please delete if obtained in error and email confirmation to the sender. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the sender does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Certification [Free]
On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 12:17 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: Does anyone know of a reputable free certification I can acquire to say I'm a proficient Ubuntu user, ideally server administration? I'm trying to build up some qualifications and I'm not prepared to pay the £1000+ for the one from the Ubuntu shop. Best Regards, Dave Hanson IMPORTANT NOTICE: This email is confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited and may be a criminal offence. Please delete if obtained in error and email confirmation to the sender. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the sender does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. Nope! Certification always costs, What you can do though is book at a pearson view center that is local to you and just take the exams, LPI 101 etc and the Ubuntu module cost about 80 quid plus per exam. The one on the shop is the full course plus exam and not just the exam. -- You make it, I'll break it! I love my job :) http://www.ubuntu.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Certification [Free]
Dave Hanson wrote: Does anyone know of a reputable *free* certification I can acquire to say I'm a proficient Ubuntu user, ideally server administration? Running your own servers is a reasonably good way to demonstrate proficiency, and (aside from the cost of the server) is free. I'm trying to build up some qualifications and I'm not prepared to pay the £1000+ for the one from the Ubuntu shop. If you're already proficient, you only need the exams, which are of the order of £100 IIRC (and maybe a £30 book). The Ubuntu course is just the LPI one with an extra exam; I'd imagine that most places that ascribe much importance to the Ubuntu course ascribe much the same to just the LPI bit. On an entirely unrelated note, your signature amused me. I've never seen a company both explain how insecure email is and assume it's secure in the same wall of signature. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Certification [Free]
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Avi Greenbury li...@avi.co wrote: Dave Hanson wrote: Does anyone know of a reputable *free* certification I can acquire to say I'm a proficient Ubuntu user, ideally server administration? Running your own servers is a reasonably good way to demonstrate proficiency, and (aside from the cost of the server) is free. I'm trying to build up some qualifications and I'm not prepared to pay the £1000+ for the one from the Ubuntu shop. If you're already proficient, you only need the exams, which are of the order of £100 IIRC (and maybe a £30 book). The Ubuntu course is just the LPI one with an extra exam; I'd imagine that most places that ascribe much importance to the Ubuntu course ascribe much the same to just the LPI bit. On an entirely unrelated note, your signature amused me. I've never seen a company both explain how insecure email is and assume it's secure in the same wall of signature. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thanks for the advice Avi On an entirely unrelated note, your signature amused me. I've never seen a company both explain how insecure email is and assume it's secure in the same wall of signature. ^^ It doesn't? It's stating that the information maybe *confidential*. i.e. relating to legal proceedings, the insecure email notice acknowledges that during transit or storage the email contents could change and I'm not liable. -- Think forensics. Best Regards, Dave Hanson http://hansonforensics.co.uk/ *IMPORTANT NOTICE:* This email is confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited and may be a criminal offence. Please delete if obtained in error and email confirmation to the sender. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the sender does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Certification [Free]
On 4 October 2011 12:35, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Avi Greenbury li...@avi.co wrote: Dave Hanson wrote: Does anyone know of a reputable *free* certification I can acquire to say I'm a proficient Ubuntu user, ideally server administration? Running your own servers is a reasonably good way to demonstrate proficiency, and (aside from the cost of the server) is free. I'm trying to build up some qualifications and I'm not prepared to pay the £1000+ for the one from the Ubuntu shop. If you're already proficient, you only need the exams, which are of the order of £100 IIRC (and maybe a £30 book). The Ubuntu course is just the LPI one with an extra exam; I'd imagine that most places that ascribe much importance to the Ubuntu course ascribe much the same to just the LPI bit. On an entirely unrelated note, your signature amused me. I've never seen a company both explain how insecure email is and assume it's secure in the same wall of signature. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Thanks for the advice Avi On an entirely unrelated note, your signature amused me. I've never seen a company both explain how insecure email is and assume it's secure in the same wall of signature. ^^ It doesn't? It's stating that the information maybe confidential. i.e. relating to legal proceedings, the insecure email notice acknowledges that during transit or storage the email contents could change and I'm not liable. -- Think forensics. So just who is the intended recipient who is allowed to access, disclose, copy, distribute or rely on the contents? All the rest of us could easily commit a criminal offence by so doing, apparently. Colin Best Regards, Dave Hanson IMPORTANT NOTICE: This email is confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited and may be a criminal offence. Please delete if obtained in error and email confirmation to the sender. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the sender does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- gplus.to/clanlaw -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Certification [Free]
* * 2011/10/4 Juan J. reid...@usebox.net On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 12:45 +0100, Colin Law wrote: [...] Thanks for the advice Avi On an entirely unrelated note, your signature amused me. I've never seen a company both explain how insecure email is and assume it's secure in the same wall of signature. ^^ It doesn't? It's stating that the information maybe confidential. i.e. relating to legal proceedings, the insecure email notice acknowledges that during transit or storage the email contents could change and I'm not liable. -- Think forensics. So just who is the intended recipient who is allowed to access, disclose, copy, distribute or rely on the contents? All the rest of us could easily commit a criminal offence by so doing, apparently. The amusing part is that instead of signing the mails with any of the available standards (S/MIME, PGP/GPG; any other else?), there's a notice stating that the message (including the notice) may have been modified by a third party :) Cheers, Juan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Okay, Okay. I give in. It could be clearer as to what I mean. I'll re-write it. Best Regards, Dave Hanson http://hansonforensics.co.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Certification [Free]
On 4 October 2011 12:55, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: Okay, Okay. I give in. It could be clearer as to what I mean. I'll re-write it. I think the most significant point is that, whatever the validity of such a signature on an email sent to a person or organisation, when sent to a mailing list that will be archived and accessible to anyone then any such sig is completely useless and just wastes space in all our mailboxes and uses up our bandwidth. You could even save us a bit more space by sending in plain text rather than html. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
