LPIC-1: Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide: (Exams 101 and 102) (Paperback)

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Offering you thorough coverage of the new version of the leading Linux certification from Linux Professional Institute (LPI), this book covers both objectives and materials tested in the two required LPIC-1 exams: LPI 101 and LPI 102. You’ll certainly appreciate the clear, concise information on key exam topics, including using Linux command line tools, managing software, configuring hardware, managing files and filesystems, working with the X Window system, administering the system, basic networking, and more.

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Prepare for the leading professional certification in Linux® administration

Revised and updated to cover the latest versions of LPIC-1 exams LPI 101 and LPI 102, this Second Edition will help you thoroughly

prepare so you can approach your exams with confidence. Get complete coverage of all exam objectives and essential topics such as using Linux command-line tools, understanding the boot process and scripts, managing files and file systems, managing system security, and much more. Inside, you'll find:

• Full coverage of all exam objectives in a systematic approach, so you can be confident you're getting the instruction you need for the exam

• Practical hands-on exercises to reinforce critical skills

• Real-world scenarios that put what you've learned in the context of actual job roles

• Challenging review questions in each chapter to prepare you for

• exam day

• Exam Essentials, a key feature in each chapter that identifies critical areas you must become proficient in before taking the exam

• A handy tear card that maps every official exam objective to the corresponding chapter in the book, so you can track your exam prep objective by objective

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Product Details

• Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 2 edition (February 24, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470404833
• ISBN-13: 978-0470404836
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #63,538 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Linux administration overview as well as study guide, December 18, 2005

By	Charles Rutledge (Atlanta GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: LPIC-1: Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide (Level 1 Exams 101 and 102) (Paperback)

I picked this book up to use as a study guide for taking the LPIC-1 102 exam. (I passed, by the way.) This book was good read that kept my interest and proved a good overview to Linux system administration as well as a LPIC-1 study guide. And it covered a few topics in generally better detail than some other Linux books I've read. Even after the test is passed, I expect I will refer back to this book from time to time as one of my Linux references.

While the material is good and well-written, it expects you have some basic Linux experience. You will not be able to learn Linux from this book. Also the sample questions are easier than you will encounter on the test, so you may want to use an additional resource for sample questions. However, if you study the material in this book, you will pass the test, so don't let the sample questions put you off.

The CD comes with an electronic copy of the book (a big plus, in my consideration), flash card study material that you load on your PDA, and pratice tests, which unlike the real test, are all multiple choice. (The real test is multiple choice and fill in the blank.)

Despite the problems with the questions, I highly recommend this book as both a study guide for the LPIC-1 test and a general Linux reference book for beginning to intermediate users. The author did a good job.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best among the LPIC prep books, August 20, 2006

By	Jozsef Veres "yosh56" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: LPIC-1: Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide (Level 1 Exams 101 and 102) (Paperback)

I just passed LPIC 101 with a good score thanks to this book. It follows the LPIC objectives very closely. Since the publication of the book the objectives were updated at the end of last year, so you might have to read upon those changed ones.
The author not only covers the objectives of the exam but gives enough background if you need to fill holes. I'm confident to face 102 with this book in my hand and under my pillow.
Please note that I also read Brunson's LPIC I and the just published second edition of LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell by O'Reilly. The latter one has all four exams covered - 101, 102, 201, and 202. However, it does not give the close following of test objectives as this book does.
Ejoy it, I certainly did. Thank you Mr. Smith.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, but sample exams are useless, May 29, 2008

By	L. Madar (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: LPIC-1: Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide (Level 1 Exams 101 and 102) (Paperback)

This was a good book to help me prepare for the LPIC 101 and 102 exams, which I passed. It is very comprehensive in its coverage and encompasses everything you will face on the LPIC exams. However, the sample questions and the sample exams on the CD are trivially easy compared to the actual exams. If I had to do it over again, I would not use this as my only source to study.