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- Luciano Siqueira, Brazil
Author and Teacher in the field of IT Training and part of the LPI’s Learning Portal Team
"Thanks to the localization process I got to learn a lot more about command line tools and I’ve even incorporated some of this new knowledge to my other jobs."
- Julia Vidile, France
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"Your learning is the best investment that you can ever make in your career."
- Andrew Mallett, United Kingdom
Founder of The Urban Penguin, Pluralsight Author, Learning Tree International Freelancer and part of the LPI’s Learning Portal Team
How to advance your open source career
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the global certification standard and career support organization for open source professionals. With more than 200,000 certification holders, it’s the world’s first and largest vendor-neutral Linux and open source certification body. LPI has certified professionals in over 180 countries, delivers exams in multiple languages, and has hundreds of training partners.
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Events
LPI Japan Branch to Present at OSC2024 Nagoya
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Japan is pleased to announce that it will participate and give a webinar presentation at Open Source Conference 2024 Nagoya on May 25, 2024. A celebration of open source, the Open Source Conference provides the ... Read more
News
2024 Open Source Professionals Job Survey Report Available Now
Toronto, 04-23-2024 — Linux Professional Institute (LPI), in conjunction with Open Source JobHub, released today the 2024 Open Source Professionals Job Survey Report, which summarizes the results of a job survey among open source professionals. Based on the responses from ... Read more
Blog
LPI at PSITE ’24: Championing IT Certification
This March, Linux Professional Institute (LPI) was thrilled to participate in the Philippine Society of IT Educators’ (PSITE) National Convention 2024 at the Mallberry Suites Business Hotel in Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines. The convention, themed “New Era of Education: ... Read more
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