I've just successfully passed my LFCS (Linux Foundation) certification. Now I'd like to get something more advanced in this area. Until May 2022 Linux Foundation had LFCE (Linux Engineer), but now it seems they've gotten rid of it with no plans of bringing it back.

So I'm wondering whether there is anything else similar to LFCE in other organizations.

My main requirements would be:
- the exam can be taken online
- Ubuntu/Debian-based or distro-independent
- advanced level

I'd love to hear some suggestions, thank you.
PS. I'm aware of LPIC-3, but it has many disadvantages - you have to pass LPIC-2 first (and that requires LPIC-1, fml), it's not PBQ, but "pick an answer/fill in the blanks" and I'm not sure it can even be taken online.
PPS. Other than that there's CompTIA Linux+, but from what I've gathered it's quite similar to LFCS in terms of complexity.

do you have a goal, or just you want to collect some certificates?

I'd say both. Get more proficient with Linux, and have a certification that supports this knowledge.

Hi,

Certs only justify that you passed a set of queries/questions. Not necessarily showing base knowledge other that for a presented set of information. Many faceted points of interest help one to understand a subject. Not a closed set of information. You can acquire numerous sets of certifications and still cannot work properly within a Gnu/Linux environment. Exposure to true diagnosis of a problem and knowing how to come to a solution to get to the end solution is required by most employers.
I wish you success in your acquiring certification but hopefully you can work with systems to gain thorough knowledge thus experiences to work within a Gnu/Linux environment.

Hope this helps!
Have fun & enjoy your Gnu/Linux experiences.