Computer developments have been in rapid development over the last three decades. Open-source programs (such as Linux and related ) are evolving at an even faster rate. Therefore skills acquired have to constantly updated and in-some cases neglected. All our courses are designed primarily to enable the user (the newcomer to the advanced) to configure, and above-all to use Linux machines effectively. Certification is a popular demand particularly as often people seek careers in areas to do with computer usage.
Certification though potentially useful for maintaining a standard is no substitute for learning 'the how' of Linux machines. Accordingly we caution against over-reliance on certification. We are sponsored by a Linux-devices company and our interest is first and foremost in Linux implementations. Thus our courses offer the following advantages:
They are designed to surpass the requirements of the major certification boards such as SAIR and LPI. (Areas of our courses which overlaps certification syllabuses are indicated under the course description.)
They are Linux-distribution independent. We bundle all the major distributions with our courses; and indeed some of our courses involves making unique distributions.
The laboratory practicals are always conducted with the most current Linux-distributions/kernel-releases; thus the student use programs with the latest bug-fixes and programming enhancements.
Our training labs are equipped with a variety of machine-types to familiarise students with a broad range of Linux machine-types and implementations.
Our course manuals are current, comprehensive and rigorous.
Our approach to Linux courses is open and collaborative; because our chief-sponsoring company is a Linux-device based company, Linux 'howtos' on modern-devices are often published on this site benefiting our students and the wider community of Linux users.
Our user-group has excellent links with all the major Linux distributors and Linux book publishers; accordingly our students benefit by having modern Linux books and latest Linux releases bundled with their courses.
Our tutorial groups are small - often these are one-to-one.
We maintain excellent contact with our former students many of whom become active members of our user-group.
Linux-networking courses: Our main networking course (3-days) is suitable for SAIR LCA-networking and LP1-102/112/113) but a large part surpass their requirements. Our smaller networking courses (one-and-half-days) on web-services (on Apache/ ApacheTomcat/ PostgreSQL) and electronic-mail services (MTA/ POP:IMAP/ PostgreSQL/ Web-server) can in parts be be used for some aspects of the SAIR LCE and LPIC-2 exams.Linux-fundamentals course: Our Linux-fundamentals course mirrors the requirement of the LPI-101 and LPI-102 as well as the SAIR LCA System-administration. There are also large areas particularly on file-systems and device management in modern Linux in our course reaching beyond these certification syllabuses.Linux-on-the-desktop courses: Our Linux-introduction/StarOffice/OpenOffice course is designed for the ECDL advanced syllabus. We are collaborating with Sun Microsystems and the EDCL in the development of certification for this course.Database courses: For our main PostgreSQL course we collaborate with the major PostgreSQL certification group and certification can (when needed ) be arranged.
A computer is an electronic device and the largest chunk of electronics today is 'programmable' electronics. For many areas of electronics and instrumentation Linux offers high-quality tools free of the costs and restrictions of licensing. This reduces product development costs but more importantly increases significantly the absolute profit on finished products. If the goal is to learn to manipulate Linux-based tools to make such products, certification is quite unnecessary. For these goals we offer the following:
Embedded-Linux courses: A large part of our seminars cover embedded and applications for Linux with the entrepreneurial company or person in mind. If you are interested in embedded Linux in instrumentation, network-appliances, smaller-lighter-beyond-the-PC, in novel applications etc., please refer to our Linux-embedded-page. Network sound-and-video-courses: As computer applications enter the 64-bit era, we offer courses aimed an high-speed-network video applications. Please visit our Linux-sound-and-video-courses page for details.
SAIR: Full details of the SAIR programs
and plans can be obtained from the
SAIR web-site
Our chief sponsor Basis Volume is a source of the SAIR Linux and GNU certification books at reduced prices for course trainees.LPI: Full details of the LPI programs are available from the
LPI website.ECDL: Full details of the ECDL program are available from the
ECDL website. PostgreSQL: Full details of their postgresql certification programs are available from the
postgresql-certification website.
For information about Linux resources (books, machines and interface cards) available from Basis Volume please browse the
b-vol website. and click on b-vIT.