The worst part of all the courses and such is paying for them. It seems all the places I look at up here, they require you to take the courses and then you have the exam to pass which is included in the price. In all honesty so far I like Redhats certification, thought I can't stand using Redgat or Fedora linux. From what I have read the exam is practical and not theory. You have to install a desktop, install server...have them both up and running with the required software in the alloted period of time. The final part of the exam is they give you a system with problem. You have to figure out the problem and the solution again in an alloted amount of time. There is no right or wrong answer to any of them, as long as they all come out the desired result. have 1 full functioning desktop, 1 full functioning server and a fixed machine at the end of it all to be certified. So far it is the only I have heard of that you need to prove your abilities instead of regurgitating theory. Seems like a much better way of doing it. Oh and the last thing I like about all this certification, is the bloody price. Fuck man, having a job like the guy who created Arch Linux would be great. Get paid to support servers, get paid to work on your distro, have the company cover half your web expenses and go to school for computer science. what the fuck am I doing wrong?????????