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

Certification

Linux+ Study Guide: Exam XKO 001 (With CD-ROM)

Format: Hardcover
Author: Roderick W. Smith
ReleaseDate: 15 September, 2001
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Rating:

Decent study guide
It is rather a dry read though, but it still takes time to explain things in simple concepts. I found the Sybex book to be full of all the information I need to study for the Linux+ exam. I enjoy the fact that the practice exams will work in a linux environment, but I was a bit let down when the pdf version of the book would not work in FedoraCore 4 due to some security measure on the pdf. Overall this is a decent book for the price.

Pretty good...
. This book was the main focus of my studies.. I have been doing administration for 4 years now, so it was mostly just to fill in blanks. It did well with that respect to things. 1 night of study of this book and one other, and I was good to go. After browsing through the chapter content a bit, I would suggest having a second book available to contrast this book. If you can't really afford it though, go through the book, and take time to actually perform the various functions and examples throughout the book. That should get you ready for the test.
Please note that the Linux + is a low-mid level linux test, but does require some amount of time in order to pass it. If you still use Windows or even X for things, you may want to hold off on this test until you are able to gain some experience with a *nix system command line and perform some base administration on that system.
Either way, good luck to you! .

There is more to know
So I studied this book for two weeks, then went and took the test, and failed. I have been a casual Linux user for about three years, and a serious student of Linux networking and programming for about a year, so I figured that all I would need to pass the Linux+ exam is a little time with study guide. That was my own fault, I didn't apply myself. So I went back, worked through every step of every example in the book, memorized everything I could, and got to the point where I could correctly answer every end of chapter question and scored 89% the first time I took the sample exam included on the CD-ROM. I took the test again and failed again. There were many, many questions on the test that were nowhere to be found in this book, relating to both hardware and software.
I'm definitely not saying this is a bad book, because I learned a lot by studying it, and the style is clear and interesting. Mr. Smith's coverage of printing via lpr and CUPS is excellent and made those areas clear to me for the first time, and his coverage of package management was first rate. I'm just saying that if you are looking for a sure-fire way to pass the Linux+ exam you need a lot more than just this book. CompTIA recommends that you take the A+ and Network+ exams before taking Linux+, and based on my experience that seems like a good idea.

Or maybe I'm just stupid. But I thought I'd let everyone know.