i know this is a bit off topic but is there any type of online linux training that is low-cost/free and one can give the exam online. i don't need to much advancement. and i wont be able to pratice much either when school begin in august. but i think some sort of linux training would look really good on my resume/application when i apply to college next year. <div>On 7/11/05, Thomas Hood < <a href="mailto:jdthood@yahoo.co.uk">jdthood@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:49:55 +0200, Adi Attar wrote: > Some of us at Ubuntu are currently working on an engineer certification > programme, a system administration type certification, based on the LPI > certification. Please note that the designation 'engineer' is legally protected in some jurisdictions. In Canada, for example, no one can call him/herself an engineer who is not a member of a professional organization. To become a member of one of the recognized professional organizations the candidate must have a university degree and other qualifications. Microsoft has lost a series of cases on this issue, most recently in Quebec Superior Court. <a href="http://www.oiq.qc.ca/whatsnew/afficher-communiques.html?441"> http://www.oiq.qc.ca/whatsnew/afficher-communiques.html?441</a> The professional organizations say that they intend to protect the title 'engineer' to the full extent of the law. In any case, system administrators are not engineers in the usual sense of the term. They are operators or technicians. Of course, these days everyone wants to have a job with a cool job title and since science and engineering have good reputations, everyone wants to be a Foo Scientist or a Baz Engineer. Please try to be less stupid than Microsoft and Novell on this issue. If you want to certify someone's abilities as a technician then give them a Ubuntu Technician certificate. The words 'Professional', 'Craftsman', 'Magician', etc. are all freely available too. -- Thomas Hood -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users"> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>