I built a mobile app for studying to LPIC-1 & 2 / Linux Essentials. Would love some feedback from actual SysAdmins.
Posted by uilianries@reddit | linuxadmin | View on Reddit | 8 comments
Hey everyone,
I know this sub is usually for production troubleshooting and architecture, but I wanted to share a tool I built specifically for people studying for their LPI certifications (Essentials and LPIC-1/2).
I'm a developer who achieve LPIC-1 some time ago. I used a few materials for studying, including the official LPI docs and Bresnahan's book. Still, I found a lack of a mobile app for practicing everyday during my intervals . So I built the LPI Lab.
My goal is to make it a go-to resource for who is getting prepared to the LPI exams and want to practice questions using the same format as the exam.
- The App (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.defumak.lpilab
- The Website: https://lpilab.defumak.xyz/
Since many of you are seasoned admins (and some of you likely hold or have held LPI certs), I would highly value your technical feedback. For instance, here a screenshot from a question screen:
[fill-in question - LPI-1 practice]()
Thanks in advance for your time and expertise!
smallcrampcamp@reddit
Im going to download it this weekend and run through some.
Is there a reason you did this?
uilianries@reddit (OP)
Awesome! Please, feel free to share your feedback later!
This app was developed to fill the gap for those studying for LPI certifications. When I was getting prepared for the LPIC-1 exams, I found a lot of content in books and courses, but nothing like an app to simulate the exam and keep me in shape during my breaks. It's true that there are generic apps like Ank, but you still need to find a reliable database, and it doesn't exactly follow the same rules as the exam. So, I thought it would be worthwhile to create a focused app, including question format (single/multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank), time limit, and difficulty level.
smallcrampcamp@reddit
Ill let you know what I see!
Are you making money with ads? What's the catch is what im trying to figure out?
uilianries@reddit (OP)
Yes, there are ads and one-time buy. I had to good investment by buying books and getting material for questions. Still, subscribing I don't think as something right as usually people need to pay these exams (they are not cheap) and buy books.
SurfRedLin@reddit
Lpic2 holder here. I found that the certs are very sate of the art technology wise. You have to work with the tech u get tested on other wise its very hard to pass. In the end i would say all perpetuations i did ( including a online seminar with 1:1 coaching) for lpic2 got me 80% there. But as i did not work with all the things i just passed. You get questios asked that only you can answer that you run servers for months and solve problems that only then pop up. However lpic1 was way easier.
uilianries@reddit (OP)
Thank you for your feedback! I experienced much more harder to find content for studying to LPIC-2 around. Luckily I know a few topics from that exam from my experience. Still, the most difficult elaboration are those questions related to answer the root case or cause of a proposed problem: Need real experience with that.
For LPIC-1 I saw question problems related to email and printer, things that I never worked with, but I can imagine it was much easier than in LPIC-2 questions.
starscientist@reddit
Is it using a question dump?
uilianries@reddit (OP)
Yes, an offline one. I dont want to block people from studying in case have no connection. Each certification has around 1k questions, took me a while to formulate and review everything. Still, I want to to expand to more questions, to decrease to change to repeating.