any one here do comptia stuff

[warlordste]

hi i was wondering how many are learning comptia stuff?

 

[Swiblet]

o.o wuzzat?

~~ben

 

[KowKing]

Ah, I took a semester of it. It's not worth your time, at least my course wasn't.

 

[warlordste]

am doing ccna it esst a+ and whole load of microsoft corurses lol

 

[warlordste]

Ah, I took a semester of it. It's not worth your time, at least my course
wasn't.

it depends on what course you take mines quite good

 

[Splatzone]

Sorry for my ignorance; but what is comptia?

 

[warlordste]

its a computing course in the UK u get your qalifications like CCNA CCNP IT Esst A+ and alot more lol

 

[Splatzone]

its a computing course in the UK u get your qalifications like CCNA CCNP IT Esst A+ and alot more lol

Hmm, sounds rather interesting.

I'll check it out "When I get the chance"

 

[bigmanbfa2]

I recently (last week haha) passed the first half of my A+ certification exam through CompTIA. I have to find a way to get $160 for the other half though. =(

After that, I'll be going for the Network+, Security+, and CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker).

 

[panop]

I'm taking an A+ certification course, but my teacher is incompetent, and I'm really not sure I should bother taking the exam. It's interesting, though. I knew Windows sucked, but I never knew all the different kinds of problems that Windows could have.

 

[fireball87]

(Guess I'll start posting round)


Comptia A+ is not really much to be afraid of, or atleast it wasn't when I took it. They changed it last year. I'll probably end up getting Linux+ and Network+ next summer just to add to my portfolio. They have the advantage of lasting forever, but are regarded less highly than the harder ones of course. If your going to do tech support in the states A+ is almost a prerequisite to ever get a job, the rest just provide resume builders mostly... resume builders I want.

 

[bigmanbfa2]

Yea, last year they switched it so that you have to take the 602 (essentials) and the 603 (core hardware) seperately to get the full A+ certification. I passed my essentials one even though I went through a course for the core hardware... well at least that means I'll be prepared for the next one haha.

I knew Windows sucked, but I never knew all the different kinds of problems that Windows could have.

Problems?!?! You obviously haven't looked into the Linux+. You want to test how easy it is to get a kernel panic going, just stare at it wrong and you will forever strive to be a windows user. . . or a programmer. =)

 

[fireball87]

Problems?!?! You obviously haven't looked into the Linux+. You want to test how easy it is to get a kernel panic going, just stare at it wrong and you will forever strive to be a windows user. . . or a programmer. =)

There are two major ways to break linux. The first being the distro being already broken, the second being you overstepping your bounds. That said your supposed to overstep and break linux a few times in your (non production) life, its the only way to learn how to fix your mistakes.

You can't claim that linux is less stable then windows though... and at a certain level of computer guru, its much easier to use too. Hiding things from the user is only a good thing if the system administrator doesn't know what hes doing.

--edit-- and really, I don't think the a+ tought me a single new way of breaking windows. Nothing like using it since 3.0 did.

 

[warlordste]

i already have me A+

 

[bigmanbfa2]

You can't claim that linux is less stable then windows though... and at a certain level of computer guru, its much easier to use too.

I use linux quite frequently, I know what I'm talking about. I wrote in another thread that OS's are usually designed to the point where they are almost indestructable whilst doing one task. It's when multiple things are ran under load that things crash.

I've fixed quite a few kernel panics and other driver/etc issues. Oh, and last time I checked, driver updates are not considered 'overstepping' your bounds. I've seen TONS of *nix boxes go down because of a driver (usually video) install gone squirrly.

As far as the L+ goes, it is a hard exam from what I hear. I'd like to take it someday, but it's not an immediate need.

 

[fireball87]

I use linux quite frequently, I know what I'm talking about. I wrote in another thread that OS's are usually designed to the point where they are almost indestructable whilst doing one task. It's when multiple things are ran under load that things crash.

I've fixed quite a few kernel panics and other driver/etc issues. Oh, and last time I checked, driver updates are not considered 'overstepping' your bounds. I've seen TONS of *nix boxes go down because of a driver (usually video) install gone squirrly.

As far as the L+ goes, it is a hard exam from what I hear. I'd like to take it someday, but it's not an immediate need.

Fun, I've used it since the mid 90s as well experimentally(ext 2 was annoying). My brother has ran linux only for around 5 years as well. So I'm atleast somewhat exposed. A main user dealing with driver updates he can't fix due to kernal panics is overstepping his bounds, as to do that you must be root, root implies you know how to, and have the will to fix things. Your still talking about set up anyway, I'm talking about after the system is already up and running properly. Linux isn't all that easy to break the entire system if you set it up properly. Plus there are a few distros that allowed me to install fglrx (ati's driver) without a single second on the command line. Overall, in the last 7 or 8 years, I stared at my linux box quite a bit, and never once wanted to become a windows user. Programmer yes, and so I did... I'll take a bit more difficult setup for longer uptimes and less hassle anyday.

Video drivers are of course the most crappy of the mix, especially ATIs at the moment. Way easier then the days when you had to manually deal with dependencies. Give it 5 years for AMD to fix the ati drivers, and your set up won't be all that much harder either.

L+ is still one of the easier linux certs (harder then a+ though), and also one of the few targeted to entry level administrators. LPI and most of the distro specific ones are quite a bit harder. Novels CLP may be a tad easier though.