“In this third of a series of articles on training in Linux, I
want to look at the certification programs available. In Linux, we
are very fortunate to have at least two excellent high quality
programs with high credibility. They are the Red Hat Certified
Engineer (RHCE) from Red Hat, and the Linux Professional
Institute’s LPI programme. There are also two other programmes in
existence: SAIR, which seems to have fallen off the radar (not much
is happening on their web site, and SAGE, which is a Unix
certification.“I am a Linux trainer by profession–I teach Linux. The training
I have developed and offer is aligned towards the LPI
certification. That doesn’t mean I am opposed to the Red Hat
certification, far from it. I happen to think it’s an excellent
programme. I support the LPI because it fits well with the way I
like to do things…”