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Linux Correspondence Information
If you're interested in getting Linux trained but just can not find the time for class room training this
will definitely be of great interest to you.
You can now get fully trained in Linux administration and write the LPI Certification with full support from
Linux Holdings with our distance learning / correspondence courses!
The impressive part of this correspondence course is that you will get the same benefits as in class room training
with the difference being that you will get explanations and questions answered via our on-line support system.
Course Pack:
All the materials will be delivered to your doorstep.
All courses include everything you will need to complete a course. A full course package will be supplied to you and
you don't have to buy any additional handbooks or CD's.
Course packs include:
- manuals
- charts and quick references
- Linux distro CD's
- extra documentation CD's
- 4 months access to the on-line support system
- your first assignment
Support Structure:
Most of time when you enroll in a correspondence course you are left on your own, but with
us you are not left on your own.
Our on-line support system include:
- Live chat sessions with an LPI certified trainer.
- Forums:
- each topic has its own forum so you can fire away with your questions.
- an LPI certified trainer will answer the questions in depth on the forums daily.
- you can search the forums for similar questions and answers
- Quizzes: each topic has a set of questions for you to test your knowledge on
- A lot of the topics have additional resources on the internet or in .pdf format for you to expand your knowledge
- Additional practicals are available to you so you can practice what you have learned.
Studying throw your manuals will not require you to be logged in on the internet, but when you get stuck
(and believe me, you will) you simply login on the internet and get yourself un-stuck. You will also have to
go on-line to test your knowledge with the quizzes and to get the extra examples and practicals to practice.
Assignments:
You will receive your first assignment with your course pack.
Each assignment will be marked by an LPI trainer with detailed explanations on what you had wrong. If you did
not pass the assignment you will receive a similar but different assignment so you can learn what you had wrong.
When you completed an assignment successfully you will receive your old assignment back with your new assignment.
Assignments can be send by snail mail or email.
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Linux ESSENTIALS (I AND II)
Audience and Prerequisite
No previous Linux experience required but a basic understanding of computers is needed.
This course does not train basic computer literacy or computer hardware.
Course Information
Learn how to administer Linux like the Guru's. This course forms part of the International LPI
Certification, level 101. This course introduces you to the basics, more advanced administration
and command line topics.
Content
- Introduction to Linux
- Using the system
- Getting Help
- Vi editor
- Important commands
- Redirection and piping
- Users and Privileges
- The file system
- Removable media
- Process management
- X Windows
- Install Linux
- Introduction to administration
- Access permissions
- User control
- Partitions
- File systems
- Quotas
- Booting the system
- Advanced process management
- Run Levels
- Time control
- The Linux kernel
- Archiving
- Compiling software
- Installing RPM software
Structure
- Live correspondence with LPI approved trainers.
- Questions can still be asked on the forums, but answers will not be immediate as with the live sessions (normally answered within 24 hours by our trainers) students can also search through existing questions and answers.
- On-line tests and practical exams to test knowledge gained on each subject.
- Each topic do have an assignment to complete with detailed comments from our trainers. These assignments can either be posted or emailed to you. Each new assignment will be mailed after successful completion of the previous assignment.
- Includes LPI preparation cramming sessions and exam test questions.
The course includes:
2 * LPI approved manuals (Essentials I and II)
- 1 * Installation manual
- 1 * Ubuntu live CD
- 1 * Mandriva live CD
- 3 * Mandriva CD's
- 1 * Simply MEPIS CD
- 1 * Documentation CD
Conditions:
- No refunds.
- The live trainer, forum and practical exams are available for 3 month only. The student can however
buy more time for the On-line system at R350.00 per month if he or she did not complete the course in 3 month.
- Student must have internet access to communicate to the trainers, do the on-line exams and practical exams.
- Students must have a computer that will work with Linux. The 3 live CD's and installation documentation
can be ordered at R180.00 + shipping to test your current computer before enrolling for the course. The R180.00
will be taken from the course fee when enrolling.
Bookings:
Course name: Essentials Correspondence
Price: R3 900, including VAT, with 4 months on-line support
Please contact Cindy for booking or questions at 086 110 2411 or send an email to
for booking requests.
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BASH PROGRAMMING AND ADVANCED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
Audience and Prerequisite
Linux Essentials or a very good basic Linux understanding
Course Information
This is an additional course and not required for any of our other courses, but is an extremely
important course for sys admins that want to know it all. If also covers all the topics for the
LPI level 1 that is not covered in the Linux Essentials course due to time constraints. In this
course you will learn how to program and will change you into a Linux sys admin expert.
Content
- Kernel
- Notify users
- Logging
- Maintain system time
- Maintain an effective backup strategy
- The shell
- Shell scripting
- Shell scripting part II (advanced)
- Interactive scripts
- Sed
- Awk
Structure
- Live correspondence with LPI approved trainers .
- Questions can still be asked on the forums, but answers will not be immediate as with the live sessions (normally answered within 24 hours by our trainers) students can also search through existing questions and answers.
- On-line tests and practical exams to test knowledge gained on each subject.
- Each topic do have an assignment to complete with detailed comments from our trainers. These assignments can either be posted or emailed to you. Each new assignment will be mailed after successful completion of the previous assignment.
- Includes LPI preparation cramming sessions and exam test questions.
The course includes:
- 1 * LPI approved manual
- 1 * Bahs scripting manual
- 1 * Documentation CD
Conditions:
- No refunds
- The live trainer, forum and practical exams are available for 3 month only. The student can however buy more time for the on-line system at R350.00 per month if he or she did not complete the course in 3 month.
- Student must have internet access to communicate to the trainers, do the on-line exams and practical exams.
- Students must have a computer that will work with Linux. The 3 live CD's and installation documentation can be ordered at R180.00 + shipping to test your current computer before enrolling for the course. The R180.00 will be taken from the course fee when enrolling.
Booking
Course name: Bash Programming & Advanced System Administration Correspondence
Price: R2 600, including VAT with 4 months on-line support
Please contact Michelle Smit for booking or questions at 011 656 0360 (ext 401) or send an email to for booking requests.
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LINUX NETWORKING
Audience and Prerequisite
To do this course you must at least have done our Advanced Command Line Course or Essentials Course.
If you have allot of experience on the Linux command line and you did not do the courses above you are
welcome to attend this course but beware that if your basic command line knowledge is not up to scratch
you will find this course very difficult.
Course Information
If you answer No to any of these questions, Linux Networking course is for you:
- Can you use your Linux box as a router and do you know exactly how to do routing?
- Can you set-up one network card with many IP's?
- Can you supply your network machines (including Windows machines) with IP addresses when they start up and while you are at it supply them with the default gateway, name servers and time servers?
- Can you set-up all the major Linux services like e-mail, web servers, DNS, etc.?
- Can you see who surfs the net, what sites do they surf too and how often?
- Do you know how to manage your servers securely remotely?
- Can you split a class C network into smaller networks with netmasks?
- Do you know topics like netmasks, gateways, time servers etc.?
Above is just a small sample of what you will master in the Networking Course.
If you are thinking training can not be a lot of fun this course will change your mind. You will set-up
sub networks in course and build a Linux router with 3 network cards to join the sub nets. There are many
more practice, "getting hands dirty" exercises to de-mystify not only Linux but advanced networking as well.
The secrets of Linux and networking will be peeled away right in front of your eyes, layer by layer and you
will think: "hey, and I thought this is difficult".
Content
The course provides training and experience in the installation and configuration of the network servers that Linux supports. The following topics are covered:
- Fundamentals of TCP/IP
- Network configuration and troubleshooting
- Routing
- Configure and manage inetd, xinetd, and related services
- Setup and configure basic DNS services
- Operate and perform basic configuration of sendmail / postfix
- Operate and perform basic configuration of Apache
- Properly manage the NFS,
- smb, and nmb daemons (samba)
- Set up secure shell (OpenSSH)
- NFS
- DHCP configuration
Structure
- Live correspondence with LPI approved trainers.
- Questions can still be asked on the forums, but answers will not be immediate as with the live sessions (normally answered within 24 hours by our trainers) students can also search through existing questions and answers.
- On-line tests and practical exams to test knowledge gained on each subject.
- Each topic do have an assignment to complete with detailed comments from our trainers. These assignments can either be posted or emailed to you. Each new assignment will be mailed after successful completion of the previous assignment.
- Includes LPI preparation cramming sessions and exam test questions.
The course includes:
- 1 * LPI approved training material
- 1 * Linux services manual
- 1 * Documentation CD
Conditions:
- No refunds.
- The live trainer, forum and practical exams are available for 3 month only. The student can however buy more time for the On-line system at R350.00 per month if he or she did not complete the course in 3 month.
- Student must have internet access to communicate to the trainers, do the on-line exams and practical exams.
- Students must have a computer that will work with Linux. The 3 live CD's and installation documentation can be ordered at R180.00 + shipping to test your current computer before enrolling for the course. The R180.00 will be taken from the course fee when enrolling.
Booking
Course name: Networking Correspondence
Price: R3 900, including VAT with 4 months on-line support
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Booking Information
Courses are offered on the availability of students. If you are interested in one of these courses then please fill out the submission form out below and one of our training consultants will get back to you as soon as possible!
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