LPIC

Description

• Preparation to the Linux Professional Institute Certification, anyone welcome!!
• Interested ppl: http://framadate.org/studs.php?sondage=qx1i9x64cjeofkjp
• Pick a date: http://framadate.org/studs.php?sondage=bxwc64h5bosuj2ky
• Course material: https://github.com/rorist/lpic Please fork/send pull requests

Goal

• Regular meetings
• Go trhough LPI topics
• Be able to pass the certification

Obstacles

• Price of the LPI exam (FOSDEM?)
• Regularity
• Find a good quizz system!!!

Topics

101

• 101.1 Determine and configure hardware settings
  • Rorist
• 101.2 Boot the system
  • Freestorm
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_startup_process
• 101.3 Change runlevels and shutdown or reboot system
  • Freestorm
• Conceptual understanding of sysfs, udev, hald, dbus
  • Vincent
• 102.1 Design hard disk layout
• 102.2 Install a boot manager
• 102.3 Manage shared libraries
• 102.4 Use Debian package management
  • Vincent
  • Yvan
• 102.5 Use RPM and YUM package management
  • Atrak
  • Patrick
• 103.1 Work on the command line
  • Rorist
• 103.2 Process text streams using filters
  • Rorist
• 103.3 Perform basic file management
• 103.4 Use streams, pipes and redirects
  • Rorist
• 103.5 Create, monitor and kill processes
• 103.6 Modify process execution priorities
• 103.7 Search text files using regular expressions
• 103.8 Perform basic file editing operations using vi
• 104.1 Create partitions and filesystems
  • pirboazo
• 104.2 Maintain the integrity of filesystems
  • pirboazo
• 104.3 Control mounting and unmounting of filesystems
  • pirboazo
• 104.4 Manage disk quotas
  • pirboazo
• 104.5 Manage file permissions and ownership
• 104.6 Create and change hard and symbolic links
• 104.7 Find system files and place files in the correct location

Resources

• Officiel website:
  • http://www.lpi.org/linux-certifications/programs/lpic-1
  • FR translation: http://traduc.org/LPI/Suivi/LPI101
• Supports de cours
  • https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LPI_Linux_Certification
  • http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lpic1-v3-map/
• Debian package system
  • http://debian-handbook.info/
• Online tests
• PTL Resources: http://www.posttenebraslab.ch/wiki/groupes_d_interets/linux?&#ressources
• Interactive map of the linux kernel http://www.makelinux.net/kernel_map/
• Videos. An interesting Youtube Channel covering LPIC 101 :
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?feature=edit_ok&list=PLel9ZP-JUNjj3Td3dk3ZQS5zhZp1LquDL

• fichiers pdf :
• doc très intéressante pour les novices et bon rappel pour le autres ;-) File:Commande linux.pdf
• Online course starting q4: https://www.edx.org/course/linuxfoundationx/linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-introduction-1621

Schedule

• Every two thursday at 19h
  • 1st thursday: Pick a new subject
  • 2nd thursday: Review the last subject
• Starting on 19th september with a review on the complete course and the first section

Participants

• User:Rorist