<p>FYI, Linux+ = LPIC1 = Novell CLA now. Pass Linux+ and you get all three.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 22, 2011 9:03 AM, "mooselikebriard" <<a href="mailto:moosebriard@gmail.com">moosebriard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> That's funny you mention wiping Windows.... 'cuz that's exactly what I did<br>
> last summer on my main home desktop. Windows bombed something just one too<br>> many times and I became fed up. Crashes are job security at work. Not what<br>> I want to deal with at home. My thought was exactly the same. Tear down<br>
> Windows and stop dual booting Linux or never learn Linux (path of least<br>> resistance.)<br>> <br>> I will never look back but I feel behind the 8-ball.<br>> <br>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Jonathon Klobucar <<br>
> <a href="mailto:pilotplantpirate@gmail.com">pilotplantpirate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>>><br>>> On Feb 22, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Michael Mol wrote:<br>>><br>>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:43 PM, mooselikebriard <<a href="mailto:moosebriard@gmail.com">moosebriard@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> It appears that Davenport is about $11,500/year (in seat, 12 cr<br>>><br>>> hr/semester.) ITT does not advertise their tuition rates, but the best of<br>>><br>>> what I can find is around $44,000 for two years, or twice as much per year<br>
>><br>>> Seems odd to avoid publishing tuition rates which is part of my<br>>> apprehension<br>>><br>>> surrounding ITT. Thanks for the Davenport idea. They never occurred to me<br>>><br>
>> and they have a campus here in Kzoo where I live.<br>>><br>>><br>>> I observe most institutions have one or two Unix/Linux classes in their BS<br>>><br>>> programs. Where can a person get schooled in those disciplines? I am<br>
>><br>>> relatively new to the Linux world and am finding myself in some amount of<br>>><br>>> awe at it's capability. I use it frequently at my job to salvage Windows<br>>><br>>> machines which to me says a lot (about Linux). I have 20 years of teaching<br>
>><br>>> myself Windows......a speedier route to learn Linux would be great.<br>>><br>>><br>>> There are a lot of certification programs out there which compress<br>>> semester-long courses into one-week or three-day hands-on runs.<br>
>><br>>><br>>><br>>> linux+ is a place to start if you really really want a cert.<br>>><br>>><br>>> At this stage, if you're considering spending the coin to go back to<br>>> school for a couple years, consider spending that same coin on a round<br>
>> of certs and workshops. In the computer field, cert programs are<br>>> almost certainly going to be more up-to-speed on the industry than<br>>> college courses. (I've got an acquaintance who's taking a class<br>
>> involving Fedora who has been having difficulty because the version of<br>>> Fedora they're using came out after their textbook)<br>>><br>>> Also, the best way to learn to do anything right is to eat your own<br>
>> dogfood the way the cat learned to swim*. Back up your Windows<br>>> install, wipe your system, install Linux and go to town learning how<br>>> to use it.<br>>><br>>> Finally, there are a lot of good general knowledge books available on<br>
>> just about any subject you want to pick up.<br>>><br>>> Or take the slightly less insane route and wean yourself more slowly. :)<br>>><br>>> * Don't you just _love_ mixed metaphors?<br>
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