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Linux

Linux is now well established as a serious enterprise server, and is also making progress as a desktop system, especially in the academic and public sectors.

A dual approach to Linux training

Just as with the UNIX portfolio, we take a dual approach to our Linux offering. On one hand, we have a vendor-neutral range of courses; and also we include a broad portfolio of official Novell courses covering administration, security and network services (vist our Novell Zone).

There are many Linux distributions (for example RHEL/Fedora/CentOS, SuSE, Mandriva, Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware), but they all rely on the same kernel and similar set of tools and utilities. Our own-brand courses capitalise on this "there is only one Linux" message. We thus encourage our delegates to understand Linux for what it is: another version of UNIX, one that can be used as a fantastic system integrator capable or running on vast range of hardware, as an enterprise server, as well as an end-user desktop. We do, however, point out differences and guide the delegates through the mass of related products.

The entry point into the Linux portfolio is Essentials of Linux Administration, complimented by the Mastering BASH Scripts. The Linux administration issues are covered in the Linux Administration course, which has been recently updated to include many contemporary features provided by the latest 2.6 kernel.
 
QA-IQ’s own-brand Linux courses are run on RHEL 4 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4), but are relevant to any distribution.

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