> Linux certification works on basically the same principles as GNU free > software. You are free to study for the exams in any way you want, on > your own from books, hands on work XP or pay a school or a teacher. > Also people can provide training material for free or a cost. LPI > (Linux Professional Institute, IIRC) just provide an outline of what you > need to know to pass the exam and provide the exam itself. > > When it comes to testing centers, there are Prometric centers (and > another whose name I can't remember) these provide an environment where > people can take all kinds of tests. Prometric host exams on their > servers and registered centers allow candidates to come in and sit the > exam on their computers in appropriate exam conditions. In short LPI > provide a test and put it up on a Prometric server, you pay Prometric > for a password, go to a center where you sit at a computer under their > supervision and take the test. Round these parts the Linux tests are > $100 Mike, Thanks for this information. I aprecieate it. Mercy To unsubcribe send e-mail with the word unsubscribe in the body to: Linux-Anyway-Request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?body=unsubscribe