CompTIA Linux+ Powered by Linux Professional Institute: Exam LX0-103 and Exam LX0-104

I used the Kindle version of this book and it was very good. It covered the objectives clearly, and provided good reviews at the end of the chapters. It also breaks the book in two, one major section for each test. e.g. Chapters 1-5 are for LX0-103, 6-10 are for LX0-104.The best part of the book is access to Sybex's website for their example tests, which provides two example tests. Each are about 50 questions each, many of the questions are very close or the same as the actual tests. Also, when you review the results it provides the "whys" for all answers. e.g. Answer B is incorrect for... Answer A,and D are correct because... The tests are modeled very well to help get the feel for actual test. e.g. Choose two answers..., choose three answers..., choose all that apply... The only part that is bad is that the test is not all multiple choice, some questions are fill in the blank, which I think is much harder.To prepare for the test I read this book through once, then took the Sybex test twice, then took the test.After using this book the actual test for LX0-103 took me about 20 minutes to complete, and another 20 to review. I was done in 45 minutes, start to finish. And I passed. On to test 2, LX0-104.EDIT: Took test two, LX0-104, same result. Test took about 45 minutes totdal from start to finish, passing. Good book, better software. Obtaining this cert also provides LPIC-1 cert, which also provides the Suse cert. Three certs in one. Good luck.

Good book. But the test was still very difficult. I barely passed Part 1 today. The book has tons of information you need, however the test asked about things I had not read in the book. I read the book at least 4-5 times all the way through, and got 100% on all the part 1 practice test questions a few times in a row. then I also had the flashcards memorized and perfect. What makes the test very difficult is that it is not all multiple choice. There are many fill in answers where you just have to think of the command and type it in a box. Without a choice of 4 options, this can become very difficult. I have a brain dump of the stuff I did not know, and you can contact me on my YouTube channel "LastHumansTech" if you are interested in seeing those. Now I will start part 2 study, first by watching videos on VTC.com, and then I will transition to this book to finish my part 2 studies.

I just got finished with chapters 1-5 which cover the LX0-103 exam. So far it is well organized and has a lot of good examples and exercises. The chapter tests and 103 practice test are all provided online. The chapter tests are 20 questions each and the practice exam for 103 is 50 questions.If you are using OSX I recommend using Parallels to run a few different distros (you wlll need at least one Debian based and one red-hat based distro). I am using Debian 8 and centOS 7 as my main two boxes. These are both using systemd however so you will want to have a sysvinit and upstart style distro as well.Edit: I finished chapters 6-10 (which covers the LX0-104 exam). Also well organized. This book definitely helped me pass both the 103 and 104 exams

I just took the LX-103 exam this morning, and passed.. but I can't attribute much to this book. Out of 60 questions, at least 15 of them were not covered at all. Luckily I had encountered the tools which were in the questions before, so it wasn't a huge deal - but it definitely would be if you're just cutting your teeth on linux with this book or expecting it to be the definitive guide to passing the exam.More specifically, without actually going into said questions:- Which of the most important files under /proc and what they all contain, for instance, where you'd find what options were passed to the kernel from the boot-loader, or find all detected devices on the SCSI subsystem.- The significance of double and single quotes, and their effects on regular expressions and shell interpretation.- Basic commands like "file" and "tr", their most common usages, and perhaps intricacies such as effects on the underlying files when manipulated with these tools.- Some very important situations where you might need to know specific switches for the "rpm" and "dpkg" commands.The practice exams and flash cards are also wholly inadequate, especially if you are taking this test without a lot of actual Linux admin experience under your belt. It will definitely help you - but I wouldn't buy JUST this book for exam prep.UPDATE - I have to add another star for all the references to Firefly in the bash scripting chapter.

I am not sitting for the exam, I just wanted to lean Linux better than I currently know.At about the 10% of the price of the current exam study guide this gives me what I am looking for.It was listed as used, but I don't think this book was ever opened.

Great read, will help me pass both exams, I'm currently a VMware vcp, mcsa ,mcp,net+,A+,netapp ncda,looking to get Linux certified, book is well organized and the practice questions are well made, will write second review when I take the exam, must buy