LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

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Steven Pritchard, Bruno Pessanha, Nicolai Langfeldt, James Stanger, Jeff Dean, Jeffrey Holt

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Pages: 980 (Paperback)

ISBN: 0596005288

Pub: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Pub date: 2006-07-26

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 116247

Editorial Review:

You may not have heard of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) or its professional certifications, but they're becoming an important part of proving professional competence in the Linux operating system. That aside, LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell is a fantastic introductory Linux book, well suited to introducing a curious newcomer to the environment and bringing an intermediate user up to expert status.
The book is organised around the LPI's published standards for two Level 1 exams (exams 101, which deals with key commands and file-system concepts, and 102, which places more emphasis on hardware, networking and shell scripting). The organisation works well even if you're not specifically preparing for either exam.
LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell assumes nothing in early chapters, going so far--to cite one example--as to walk readers through the concept of commands with parameters separately from the concept of commands alone. Later the pace picks up, and strategic advice is substituted (such as how to partition a disk for maximum speed and reliability) for "type-this" instructions.
Throughout, the book makes effective use of O'Reilly & Associates' time-tested and remarkably clear format for presenting Unix commands and configuration files. Each chapter concludes with a series of exercises designed to help you discover behaviours on your own, and includes the practice questions you expect in a test-prep aid. --David Wall

Topics covered::the knowledge that's tested on the Linux Professional Institute's exams 101 and 102, which includes everything from basic Linux commands and concepts to installation of the operating system, essential network configuration and kernel recompilation.

Reader Reviews:

Out of date (0/0 people found this helpful)

A very Very good book!
But it's very out of date and i barely passed the 101 exam...
Lots of Objectives it does not cover...

A sound book (1/1 people found this helpful)

This is basically a sound book. Be careful and make sure you buy the second edition, it is much revised and expanded on when compared with the first edition. As of autumn 2006 the second edition is a fairly good match to the current LPCI exams.

It is an awfully thick book (just shy of 1000 pages), which does make it a bit unweildy, but it does cover LPI 101, 102, 201 and 202 - note some books only cover 101+102.

Each section starts with an overview, you then get some commands, examples, some explanation and a mini-command overview. Scattered along there are exam notes and tips.

At the end of each exam level you get an exam review, some exercies to try and a set of sample questions and answers.

So far I've found a few typos in my second edition first print, check with O'Reilly they usually have errata on their web site, and these may be fixed in later reprints. Given the size and density of the book this is hardly surprising but do try things out and cross reference things with other sources.

I've also found that to some extent the book is a little dated already, for example it talks about XFree86, yet almost no distro uses this anymore (X.org being the current standard) and the LPI also refer to X.org rather than XFree86. In a fast moving area like Linux this is always to be expected, but forwarned is forarmed!

Like most recent O'Reilly books it is Safari enabled, you get 45 free subscription to their on-line service - should you wish to jump though the registration hoops.

A must for anyone tryling to learn Linux and to pass LPI! (1/2 people found this helpful)

This book is an invaluable source to anyone trying to learn the linux shell syntax as well as anyone wanting to pass the LPI exams.

Ever wondered howto setup multiple disks to install your linux machine via the command line?

As well as the more simple things such as creating users, copying and manipulating files via the command line is all taught in this book.

Buy it!

READ CAREFULLY (14/16 people found this helpful)

The objectives for the LPI Level 1 exams have changed (as of March 2003) and this book no longer covers all the objectives and the ones that it does cover may be shown to be a part of the wrong exam. Read the objectives carefully and use the information in this book as it relates to the new exam objectives.

generally very good lacking in some ways though (7/7 people found this helpful)

im currently half way through my LPIC1 exam, I easily passes exam 101 with the help of this book and not much other material other than a working linux machine, so I guess that goes to show the book teaches well! It took me just over 4 weeks to cover the first half of the book in enough depth to pass the exam. Bad points about the book are there are several typos in the form of diagrams printed in the wrong place or not printed at all which can be a little confusing if youre not expecting them! and as the other review said there is only 1 practice test (with answers) included which isnt really enough. another bad point is that the review exercises dont have answers to them. All in all, even though there are bad points to this book, I gave it 4 stars for a reason and that reason was it passed my test and the style of writing is good, short and to the point. Definately reccomended

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