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Recently, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) launched a formal membership program for holders of its professional level certifications. This program includes holders of LPIC-1 certifications or higher, as well as those certified in the growing list of Open Technology topics.  Membership allows certificate holders to incrementally update their knowledge and prolong [...]

It is great to see that the strategic relevance of open source software for the software industry is rapidly increasing (e.g. shown by IBM and Microsoft investing heavily into open source) and companies as well as individuals increasingly acknowledge the importance and advantages of open source. One of the special [...]

August 23 - 29, 2020 Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is excited to be a silver sponsor at DebConf20, takeing place online, from August 23 - 29, 2020. DebConf is the annual conference for Debian contributors and users interested in improving Debian. Previous Debian conferences have featured speakers and attendees from all around the [...]

Italy was one of the first countries to impose strict lockdown measures as the COVID-19 virus started to devastate the northern part of the country. Many people there were unused to working or learning from home, and needed a simple, free tool for videoconferencing. A free software solution was [...]

In addition to providing the world with its most enduring and valuable software--Internet protocol stacks, Linux, and more--free and open source software offers immense educational benefits. The gap between producing a nice prime number generator for a professor and contributing to real-life production code is huge, and numerous programmers [...]

July 9 - 11, 2020 Linux Professional Institute (LPI) invites you to connect, virtually, with them at Campus Party Digital to hear from a number of LPI partners and main stage presenters! LPI is excited to support and collaborate with Campus Party this year and many more. The Virtual Experience An entirely [...]

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has recently sponsored Brasil.io, an open data project in Brazil dedicated to transparency and sharing of government data. Although Brasil.io uses volunteers as well as Free and Open Source Software, they have expenses that need to be covered. LPI encourages others to support this grassroots [...]

We use technology throughout our daily lives. We  share information, engage with friends and family, shop, and for most of us now, work. Technology tends to make life easier, but we must be mindful about using technology responsibly. Like the common user, cybercriminals use technology to commit computer crimes such [...]

June 3, 2020 1900 BRT Missed the talkshow? Watch the recording. If you’re not working within the IT world, you are certainly a heavy technology user, as you most likely carry more processing power in your pocket than one used to take people to the moon! Some of you may not be aware that technology [...]

If you're installing Linux for the first time - or looking for a change - you have hundreds of options that address different needs and different kinds of computers.  Join the Linux Professional Institute community on May 28, 2020 at 12:30PM EST. Evan Leibovitch, Co-founder of Linux Professional Institute, will [...]