The LPI, the NFT and the TLAs

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Linux Professional Institute (LPI) regularly hosts students and other folks with an interest in a career involving open source. Through internships, we help them gain experience and acquire new skills. In return, we get to introduce (or further expose) these interns to the world of open source software.This...

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Top Linux Distros to Consider in 2021

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Linux is a free and open-source operating system based on Unix. Nowadays, Linux has gained huge attention and is being widely used due to its security and flexibility. In this article, we are going to cover some best Linux Distros also called Linux Distributions. Linux distros are the...

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How Adam Futureproofed His Career with Linux Professional Institute

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Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has delivered over 500,000 exams to IT professionals around the globe. So why do so many choose the world’s largest, vendor-neutral Linux and open source certification body to help advance their career?According to Foote Partners report, ‘IT Skills and Certification Index’, there’s double-digit growth...

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Open Education: The Many Ways to Target World Disparities

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This month, the Open Anniversary initiative covers education. It's universally recognized that education is the basis for solving problems everywhere: poverty, the status of women, adaptation to environmental disruption, and more. Anything that can spread high-quality education—and nowadays, we must specifically call for accurate education—is therefore contributing to...

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Top 5 Linux Certifications in 2021

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Top 5 Linux Certifications to Get in 2021Best Linux Certifications are what you should aim for in 2021. Well, this is what the experts believe! But definitely, it might be a tough decision to make about choosing the right Linux certifications to boost up your career. Especially, the...

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The People behind the Learning Portal: Andrew Mallett, Learning Materials Developer

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Linux Professional Institute (LPI) launched the Learning Portal in June 2019. The Learning Portal is the repository of all the Learning Materials for our exams. The whole project is managed by Dr. Markus Wirtz, manager Education Programs at LPI. We designed it as an international endeavour - learning...

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Open Hardware Suitable for More and More Computing Projects

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The term "open hardware" came into use several years after open source software. The first comprehensive and principled defense of free software, so far as I know, was the GNU Manifesto of 1983. In contrast, the term “open hardware” became popular with the first release of the Arduino...

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Another Look at PDUs with the Members of LPI

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Many people might be aware of the Linux Professional Institute’s use of Professional Development Units (PDUs) in the Membership Program (if not, now is a good time to look into it!). The implementation of the PDU is a means to illustrate the continued learning that many professionals engage...

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My LGBTQ+ life in tech

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Recently I was honored to be included in a list of  "27 LGBTQ+ Scientists and Tech Leaders Shaping Our Future" in an article of “Interesting Engineering".I asked Björn Schönewald, LPI's Marketing Manager, to post this article on the LPI web site and he suggested that I write an...

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