Comptia Linux+ Certification

lessaom · 11-10-2019, 07:32 PM

I'm thinking of earning Comptia Linux+ certification before going for Redhat's. But on the Comptia webiste, Linux+ LX0-103 & LX0-104 are retired after Oct 1, 2019.

what does that mean? will they come back next year?

berndbausch · 11-10-2019, 08:12 PM

These two exams were created in cooperation with LPI (Linux Professional Institute). By now, CompTIA offers its own exam XK0-004.

Not sure if Reddit is considered to be a useful source. I found this announcement with a DuckDuckGo search.

lessaom · 11-10-2019, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by berndbausch

These two exams were created in cooperation with LPI (Linux Professional Institute). By now, CompTIA offers its own exam XK0-004.

Not sure if Reddit is considered to be a useful source. I found this announcement with a DuckDuckGo search.

Thank you!

Lehjr · 02-03-2020, 11:36 AM

With CompTIA actively lobbying against the right to repair, their certification might not mean as much to some as it does to others.

273 · 02-03-2020, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lehjr

With CompTIA actively lobbying against the right to repair, their certification might not mean as much to some as it does to others.

Happen to have a link to confirm this?
I am willing to believe it but not read enough around to know it's true.
Previously, I'd have recommended people get these types of qualifications if they could have them paid for, since HR departments tend to just keyword search CVs, but if CompTIA are actually spending that money on harming the tech world and the environment it would change my opinion and, perhaps, explain their oddly-specific and, yet, oddly unusable courses.

Lehjr · 02-06-2020, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 273

Happen to have a link to confirm this?
I am willing to believe it but not read enough around to know it's true.
Previously, I'd have recommended people get these types of qualifications if they could have them paid for, since HR departments tend to just keyword search CVs, but if CompTIA are actually spending that money on harming the tech world and the environment it would change my opinion and, perhaps, explain their oddly-specific and, yet, oddly unusable courses.

Louis Rossmann was the one that exposed this when he was going to the different states speaking on behalf of their right to repair bills.

In this video, a CompTIA representative is speaking out against right to repair bill in the state of Washington:
https://youtu.be/FBR8IvXVwsE?t=1400

In this one, Louis is talking about the bill in Maine, where CompTIA was there again opposing the bill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tihO2H_qUY4
https://www.reddit.com/r/msp/comment...t_org_lobbies/

There's more information out there as well.

Edit:
Like this:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/w...to-fix-iphones

and this:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/1/18...bbyist-comptia

onebuck · 02-06-2020, 07:34 AM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in <Linux - Certification> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

273 · 02-06-2020, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lehjr

Louis Rossmann was the one that exposed this when he was going to the different states speaking on behalf of their right to repair bills.

In this video, a CompTIA representative is speaking out against right to repair bill in the state of Washington:
https://youtu.be/FBR8IvXVwsE?t=1400

In this one, Louis is talking about the bill in Maine, where CompTIA was there again opposing the bill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tihO2H_qUY4
https://www.reddit.com/r/msp/comment...t_org_lobbies/

There's more information out there as well.

Edit:
Like this:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/w...to-fix-iphones

and this:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/1/18...bbyist-comptia

Great (well not what they're doing but to have links), thank you. I should have known Luis Rossman was involved -- love how the guy gets straight to the point and doesn't hold back.