So I have been around computers for going on 13 years, and I am looking to break into the professional IT world.
I have lots of good experience fixing computers and working with windows and OSX, and I feel very confident that I can get my A+, security+, network+, and apple certs without too much of a heart ache.
What surprised me was the linux+ cert. I started looking at the practice test, and I had no clue how to answer any of the questions.
I have been playing with linux now for 2 years and I thought I was at the very least smarter than your average brain dead chimp....but apparently not.
Normally when people ask "how do I learn more about linux" people tell them to mess around with arch, or maybe gentoo. Well not only have I done that, but I have played around a lot with linux from scratch too.
what can I do to take my knowledge further? I would eventually like to get my red hat certification, but now I feel like that is probably a long way off.
Companies mostly stick to RHEL or SUSE, then there's the bigger part of the industry who build customs from the ground up, like for embedded devices, infrastructure management or military use. Point is you can't "learn linux" like yoir average OS, hence the comment about appliances.
I agree with @Ohban, LFCS/E you'll get much more out of. Unless your going for a US government job in which case Linux+ is highely recognised as far as im aware. Linux+ does give you 2 other certs with it.
I have no chance then..Believe me i desperately want to change to Linux..I am only 5 years on my cyber world journey but i am seriously thick when it comes to techie world.. I was hijacked from the word go . Now i am learning through my own research how we will probably never be safe and secure online as this is how it is made...
Don't bother, everything I've heard is that you only need A+, Network+, and Security+, in the "+" type certs. Everything else is just to squeeze more money out of you.
The people who have hacked me are local and were so called friends..
I see that most hacks are produced mainly to work on macs with Linux..Yes they are for developers, but the big crime comes through the programs and software to make an OS better..
@TekSyndicate i get bad vibes when i share you on facebook.
I believe this is because you are the good guys
Facebook is a dirty secret op that is running the 'pure lying propaganda'
I have too many problems with my hijackers being local to be able to do a 'wipe n clean install'
What i am doing is learning what i need to ATM..
I have no time or interest at this very time to do any courses
My number one is getting rid of every connection that is connected to my home..illegally
Just to be clear no one on this website has any interest in helping you do anything illegal or anything that is even approaching illegal.
Is English your second language? Nothing wrong with this but the way you structure your sentences makes it difficult to follow.
If you are in fact not a troll it sounds like you need to do a clean install of Linux. Pick your favorite distro (version). I would probably recommend Ubuntu 16.04 because it is just simple. Download it. Get a USB flash drive. If you are already on Linux use the dd utility to flash the usb drive with the downloaded Linux distro iso file and make it bootable. If you are on Windows look up the pen drive Linux utility.
If you buy a book for studying, don't buy just one book, I've seen some books for Sec+ that leave out entire parts. It's best to read a few rather than just one. To be sure you don't miss anything.
Statement: If you're looking for help or advice on securing your network and your computer, I suggest posting your own thread. Hijacking someone else's thread is looked down upon.