Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linux Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Developed under the GNU General Public License, the source code for Linux is freely available to everyone. Linux may be used for networking, software development, and as an end-user platform. Linux is often considered an robust, low-cost alternative to other more expensive operating systems.

 

The course is designed for users from the fields of network administration and network designing. This course is flexibly designed also for the people who are newcomers to the field of networking and have an ambition to pursue a career in networking. This course is also for users or administrators working in different networking environments e.g. windows and want to change to a linux environment or to integrate a linux environment into their existing windows environment.

 

Successfully completing this course will enable a candidate to administer an intranet or internet environment. you will be capable of configuring a mail server or web server. The candidate will also be able to monitor any activity over the net and successfully troubleshoot a potential threat to the network. The user will be able to configure environment which would successfully integrate a windows and a linux environment.

 

The LPI certification is valid and recognized the world over. This gives the student who is armed with a LPI certificate, an edge over students who have obtained certification in other individual vendors like Red Hat and SuSe. The successful candidates can find employment as a Network Administrator. With an ISP s/he could be exposed to configuring mail and web servers, implementing firewalls and maintaining proxy servers.