BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }Hello, On a slightly different note, already the market is flooding with lot of RHCE around, so differentiation between expertise is very difficult. But if you have a good familiarity on Linux Servers, a very different market can be explored which has a huge demand (the Open Source Telecommunications market) especially after a lot of new Telco and VAS players coming in the market, the need for Asterisk Training and Certification has risen up to quite a good extent. All these new generation VAS companies require prior work expereince on Asterisk or Certification which can assure them on the expertise, and hence my recommendation on doing an Asterisk course along with Official Digium Certified Asterisk Professional (dCAP) would raise the bar and eventually help candidates land into a better paying jobs within India itself. Nevertheless It may sound like blowing our own trumpet, if any candidate is looking to explore better probablity in landing up a job, they can consider actively looking at an Asterisk Training n Certification course to get them booted into the VAST Open Source Telecommunications market not only in India but world wide. I would like to quote here words of John Hall (Mad Dog) - Chief Editor of Linux International -"I predict that over next three years, VoIP using an open-source solution, such as Asterisk, will generate more business than the entire Linux marketplace today," - Refrence : http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39169076,00.htm [1] So anyone interested to explore their career in the Open Source world of Telecommunications can connect with me offline and or look at : http://www.entvoice.com/training/ [2] Thanks & Regards, Mitul Limbani, Founder & CEO, Enterux Solutions, The Enterprise Linux Company (TM), www.enterux.com +91-9820332422 On Sat 24/10/09 11:59 , Vivek Varghese Cherian vivekcherian@gmail.com sent: On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Ramang G wrote:

Dear all,

I plan to do RHCE certification, I have familiarity with Linux

servers worked for one year. Is it advisable to install Linux (RHE 4) at home PC and learn on own and do a certification.

are there any CBT nuggets available?

kindly advice

thanks in advance, Raman.

You just need to attend one of the 'very special' certification exam oriented coaching classes at Vibrant or Ultramax (just google around for their websites) or there might be other centers if you ask around, if your sole intention is to clear the North American Linux Vendor's certification schemes. 'Familiarity' or real time hands on experience with GNU/Linux or a truly community edition operating system like CentOS 5.3 is _not_at_all_ a requirement, You need to just know how to hack (I did not say crack) the North American Linux Vendor's certification exams. The exam is designed in such a manner to very large extend that only people already familiar with the exam pattern (read having paid The North American Linux Vendor 250$ a couple of times as exam fees and having failed in the first few attempts, and and also purchased their so called study materials) can pass. The short cut way is to attend the 'very very special' coaching classes at some places in Mumbai (including at Vibrant and Ultramax). The rates of 'very special coaching' package at the coaching centers can be reduced if you know how to bargain well enough or have a few people as a batch with you. (If you want to know about the rates, kindly contact me off list). A phd in Fish Market style bargaining always helps on such occasions. Please use CentOS 5.3 and set up a small home lab consisting of at least 2 or 3 workstations to prepare for the exam. Try configuring one GNU/Linux box as a router. If possible get an MTNL connection with a static I.P Address (that is what I use these days), It took me just 1 day to get the Static I.P Address assigned (for the TriBand 256 Unlimited Downloads scheme) from the MTNL Vashi Office. The Modus operandi to get the Static I.P Address assigned within a day is to visit the MTNL office and request them (read pester) very very very very politely till they give you one. And you know Bingo it works!!!!! The whole process of setting this home lab and configuring the Hardware and Software itself would make you more than competent to handle the North American Linux Vendor's exam and most importantly will give you hands on experience with basic GNU/Linux Systems and Network Administration. CBT tutorials are good but nothing beats setting up the lab yourself. ps:- I am a practicing Senior GNU/Linux Systems Administrator and I do use Cent0S 5.3 at my work place and also on my personal laptop these days and have been using various GNU/Linux distributions for close to 7+ years including the North American Vendor's offerings. Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian Website : http://vivekvc.freeshell.org Blog: http://vivekvc.wordpress.com IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint: 0F53 447E A8D1 C4F7 C14E F117 A040 E935 7DFA D159 -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers ------------------------- Msg sent via Enterux Enterprise Email Server : http://www.enterux.com/

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