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LPI Essentials Exams- Descubra novas áreas
O Linux Professional Institute (LPI) é conhecido como provedor de exames na área de Linux e ferramentas de código aberto, onde oferece certificações para todo o espectro, desde iniciantes até especialistas e peritos. Mas, assim como o Linux penetrou em … Read more
Linux Professional Institute at the Connected Kenya Summit 2023
The Connected Summit 2023 was held at the Diamonds Leisure Lodge at Diani Beach, on the Kenya South Coast, from April 2-5, 2023. This annual event, organized by the Ministry of Information Communication and the Digital Economy through the Kenya … Read more
How Linux changed my life: Sam “Si” Wachira
I’ve been a computer tinkerer and enthusiast for free and open source software (FOSS) from a young age. When I started out, I had no idea where Linux and FOSS would take me professionally, or that it would play a … Read more
Antonio Perpinan: Open Source Proponent in the Spanish-Speaking World
In the early years of free and open source software–according to Hernán Pachas Magallanes, LPI Account Executives Team Leader–documentation was almost exclusively in English. Because open source is no longer for developers and hackers, and is being promoted widely among … Read more
Become an LPI Member and Set Our Future Direction
As a global organization offering certifications in more than 180 countries, and as a non-profit, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) seeks broad diversity on its Board of Directors. If you have obtained a professional level certification through LPI, you can become … Read more
A Tech Trainer Discovers the Security Essentials Certificate
More than a decade ago, while preparing to take my very first technology certificate exam (the LPIC-1, as it happened), I learned something new about the entire certificate process. Now, I was no stranger to the education world at that … Read more
Stepping up to Your Personal Security Role
Close your eyes and try to conjure an image or scenario in your mind around the phrase “cybersecurity incident”. When you do so, what picture starts to form in your mind? Depending on your background and level of expertise, the … Read more
Open Source Myth: That It Has a Higher Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
This myth has been long-standing. Proprietary vendors would acknowledge that there were license fees associated with their software, but would point to the costs of migrating, re-training users, and higher wages and scarcity of comparable software support due to fewer … Read more
Why Seek an LPI Security Essentials Certificate?
IT security is more important than ever. We are all, as individuals and as organizations, exposed to IT security threats. Therefore, every computer user needs information about protecting computers and data. This goal prompted LPI to create the Security Essentials … Read more
Community Event Creates a Vision for Empowerment
Jumping Bean, a computer consulting firm located in a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, received an unusual phone call in late 2022. Parents of students at a local high school, consisting predominantly of previously disadvantaged students, asked the organization to … Read more
Open Source Myth: That Intruders Can More Easily Find Flaws
People who think that open source suffers from poor quality often air this myth as well. It seems superficially to make sense, because malicious attackers can read open code and find bugs they can exploit. These bugs are often called … Read more
A Sysadmin Faz o Exame Essencial de Segurança LPI
O LPI (Linux Professional Institute) lançou oficialmente seu mais novo certificado, o LPI Security Essentials. Como um parceiro oficial de treinamentos, eu tive a oportunidade de participar da fase beta do exame, e com isso conhecê-lo melhor e contribuir com … Read more