I have the opportunity to take some Linux training and certification at someone else's expense. I already use a variety of distros, currently mainly Ubuntu and Red Hat, and have no prejudice towards one particular distro's curriculum.
I guess the obvious two are Red Hat and Novell curiculums, and Canonical also have a Certified Professional course.
Has anyone here taken any of these courses and have any opinion on how useful they are?
Although it's a bit subjective, I suppose what I am looking for opinions on is which curriculum is best in terms of how useful it is from a self-development perspective, how thorough they are, and what is best regarded from an employability point of view.

Well I've never taken any of the courses, but I will say this - the RedHat certification will be the most beneficial to your career. It seems to be the "standard" linux certification.

I was going to take the Novell CLP course but decided to get a vendor neutral one - Linux+ - first then will go on to do others.
Redhat one does seem to be well respected and the hardest to pass - you need to know your stuff - which isn't a bad thing
I guess it depends on the job you are in or aiming to get.....

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I think both Novel and Red Hat certifications will teach you essential skills to administer Linux servers in general.

Surely the courses are focused on a specific distribution but you will also learn a lot background information that you can use with other Linux versions.

From a employability point of view I think that it is important that you get certified for the Linux distribution that you are actually using in your company.

After all Linux knowledge comes from experience and certificates are often only needed to fulfill partnership prerequisites or to show a certain skill level to customers.