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

LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell

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LPIC I Exam Cram 2 : Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102 (Exam Cram 2)

Format: Paperback
Author: Ross Brunson
ReleaseDate: 21 September, 2004
Publisher: Que
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LPIC I Exam Cram 2 : Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102 (Exam Cram 2)
. Great price good ship and condition would order again.

Not for beginners
It is not worded for people who don't already understand Linux. In my opinion, you should be an experienced Linux user before buying this book. It may be great for testing, but it's not for trying to learn Linux from scratch.

Inaccuracies and typos galore
Figured I'd pick up this book to see what's going to be on the exam, to fill in the holes in my knowledge. I've been administering linux for years, and decided it's time to get certified. The book is easy to read, and get through, but the inaccuracies are astounding. Here's a few examples from the first four chapters (as far as I've gotten so far):
* in Chapter 4, it says that ethernet devices are known as /dev/eth0. Ethernet devices are *never* created in /dev, there is no file system representation of most network devices.
* in the tests for Chapter 3, it says that vi +/"string" file won't work, because of the quotes, but this works fine on every system I've tested it on.
* Chapter 3: It says that c$ goes to the end of the line, but not across line-wrapping, but c$ *does* go across line wrapping.

Those are just a few of the mistakes I've found in the first four chapters. I still expect the book to be a good review for me, and a good index of the topics covered on the exams, but I'm certainly going to be double-checking anything I'm unfamiliar with, and I'd suggest you do the same.