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Research firm IDC estimates that spending on Linux operating systems will increase over the next five years, from $80 million in 2001 to $280 million in 2006 -- a 28 percent compounded annual growth rate. IDC also predicts that Linux server shipments will increase to 622,000 this year, up 28 percent from 2001.
 
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The CompTIA Linux+ certification is a new standard of competency for technicians with six-months experience installing, operating and maintaining Linux operating systems. Linux+ teaches students how to:

  • Plan and implement the Linux server
  • Configure smb, nfs and X services
  • Configure the lilo boot loader
  • mount and manage filesystems
  • manage runlevels
  • set up timed cron and at jobs
  • set up access permissions
  • Troubleshoot services
  • Resolve package dependencies
  • Analyze log files for troubleshooting
  • Compile new kernels
Linux+ concludes by taking everything that the students learned in the "Intro to Linux" and Linux+ classes and rolls it into one 6 hour end lab that involves compiling Linux almost from scratch.

Students have to set up networking manually, create partitions with fdisk and create a temporary chroot environment that they build Linux in. They then download and compile the kernel source and install the kernel and modules. When finished with the kernel they begin compiling the rest of the system. After getting a basic Linux OS they create their /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf files using a text editor and then reboot. When they complete this they proceed to compile other important system tools such as cron, syslog, servers...

Some students have said the Linux+ end lab is worth the price of the class itself.

Prerequisite: It is recommended that Linux+ students should complete the Intro to Linux class or possess equivalent knowledge prior to taking Linux+