Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 21:00:34 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd training/certification Message-ID: <20050103020034.GC10404@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <41D89606.1050504@makeworld.com> References: <41D895A4.5080100@codegurus.org> <41D89606.1050504@makeworld.com>
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On 01/02/05 06:47 PM, Chris sat at the `puter and typed: > Jayton Garnett wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am wondering if there are any training/certification courses that I > > could take to become a FreeBSD guru? > > > > I have been using the OS for over a year now and have become very > > familiar with installation/configuration but would like to be able to > > add some sort of certification to my CV. > > Also how much of a "threat" is Solaris 10 x86 to FreeBSD and how come > > FreeBSD is not as popular as RH/Fedora? > > > > Thanks, > > Jayton Garnett > > Search this list - you will find all your answers. This has been hashed > over many, many times. Do a little work on your part - and you'll find > out on your own. That last line: "Do a little work on your part - and you'll find out on your own." That's the certification program :) You can learn more about FreeBSD in a month on the list and reading the books written on it than you'll ever learn (or care to retain) from some MS cert program. Best part is it only costs book fees and . . . what's the brains equivalent of "elbow grease"? Hard work, anyway. The thing to remember is that "using" FreeBSD isn't "learning" FreeBSD. Not in the sense of a cert program. I've been "using" FreeBSD for almost 5 years, but I'd be up the creek if I had to perform a major crash recovery. I just haven't gotten round to that yet. If you want a FreeBSD cert, find the goals list of any major Unix cert program, learn how to do that on FreeBSD (on at least two major releases, like 4.10 and 5.3) then do it a lot. That's your cert, but it's really a self signed cert. If you did all the work, it's every bit as good as the one you'd have paid $2850 for, but there's no fancy plaque to hang up (unless you make it yourself) and nobody has to honor it - not that they *have* to place much stock in the MS or Sun certs. Good luck. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Alexander Graham Bell is alive and well in New York, and still waiting for a dial tone.
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