RE: [tlug] Red Hat Japan

["mike" <miklmiller@example.com>]

Lyle,

	I've worked with many variants of UNIX for the last 10 years or so
and about 2.5 years ago I attended the course that had the test (7.3)
included with it. I hadn't spent much time with Linux and had no idea how
difficult the test would be for someone who doesn't work with it regularly.
Since then, I've taken it twice and earned a RHCT for both 8 and 9 but not
RHCE. 

	The key I believe to passing the RHCE, not surprisingly, is a lot of
familiarity with Red Hat (i.e. actual "hands on" experience) as they
mention. I found that my UNIX skills (Solaris, AIX, Tru64, etc.) didn't
necessarily translate to what is needed to pass the exam, but of course is
good background. I work in a large organization, specializing in certain
support areas - so someone that works in a smaller shop with a lot of
generalized, wide based (especially Internet/networking related) duties
would fare much better.

	Simply studying for the exam I don't think is the answer - I believe
it is important to have a couple of systems networked together (or possibly
VMware) so you can work on the actual networking aspects. If you have
broadband access, downloading Fedora www.fedora.redhat.com (optionally
buying a book with the media) or White Box Linux www.whiteboxlinux.org to
obtain RH Enterprise Linux is a good idea. There is also Red Hat
Professional Workstation, which provides RHEL with a year of update support
but lacks some of the server packages.

	From my experience I believe the certification is meaningful,
because it does represent demonstrated skills as opposed to rote
memorization. Since at work we are actually now starting to use Red Hat, I'm
going to feel comfortable with another attempt later this year. Hope my
suggestions are helpful and best of luck to you.

Mike

	

-----Original Message-----
From: Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon [mailto:ronfaxon@example.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:17 PM
To: tlug@example.com
Subject: Re: [tlug] Red Hat Japan

Matt Gross wrote:

>>In updating my address book, I came across an e-mail from RedHat Japan.
>>I had written to them when someone was asking about certification.
>>    
>>
>
>A few months ago I spoke with RH Training Customer Service in the US and
>they told me at the time that it might be possible to request an English
>RHCE exam at the RH Japan office even though the test may be proctered in
>Japanese.  If you are interested in going this route I would too be
>interested in taking the English exam as well.  Having two people who want
>to take the test might be more of an incentive for them to comply.  Let me
>know if you are interested
>
>  
>
I'm interested, but not yet ready.  I'm in the process of going through 
the books I have - and am wondering what the optimal way of studying for 
it is.  Any suggestions?  Incidentally, the person who most recently 
contacted me at RedHat Japan was:

Masako Mitsushima
masakom@example.com

- Lyle

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