Anyone done the linux essentials course?

[jay-co]

hey all

i was wondering if anyone has done this course @ Linuxholdings in PTA??

i am going on it next week and was wondering if its really worth it??

company wants me to go and they are paying so i have to :rolleyes:

more info http://www.linuxholdings.co.za/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=14

[Lino]

Well, all that I know if that we have to do it at my college. Starting it from next month

[Gothan]

Yip, I did the linux redhat essentials at sybase, and its well worth it

[jay-co]

cool... thanx

looking foward to it

[Gothan]

Its very nice, if you are comming from a windows environment, it will help you a lot, even though I dotn use redhat, the basics always stay the same

[fritzdeelman]

I did the Linux Networking course with these guys. The lecturer was impressively knowledgeable but I was a bit disappointed with their supporting materials. Was not very good as reference material after the course and if you spend only about 10% of your time on Linux (not by choice though) one needs material to jog your memory.

[wezhira]

its kinda expensive though considering ive been using linux for a year now and know most of the stuff

[.Froot.]

Courses are always expensive. It's usually for copyright reasons. But at the end of the day if you get a certificate of completion then it is worthwhile since you can "claim" extra pay for a better qualification.

[wezhira]

well if only they had courses where you simply go write the exam and just pay exam fees kinda like comptia

[.Froot.]

It would be cool, since half of the stuff is self-study anyways. I've done several Cisco courses and I self-study them all.

[wezhira]

yeah i wanna do the linux+ course at the end of year financial constraints have been holding me back now that redhat has an office here we'll see what they offer

[jay-co]

finished the course.... was aw raait.....

learned a bit, but i agree they need more supporting material....