About

Hi, I’m Ross Brunson, a long-time Linux sysadmin, consultant and trainer. I created and taught for a number of years the world’s first LPIC Level 1 Boot Camps, helping thousands of attendees learn Linux and consequently pass their LPIC 1 exams. I’m a member of the LPI Technical Advisory Council, a board member of the Open Source Software Institute and a speaker at Linuxworld and other technical conferences.

In 2003 I got tired of all the LPIC books being so out of date, so I pitched the concept of an Exam Cram to Pearson/Que and they went for it. I began using the book in class, with great results, I could talk less, they could read more, and pass rates went way up!

Commercially, the book has been very successful, still selling briskly, and has helped many tens of thousands of hopeful candidates learn Linux and pass their LPIC exams. The book is written not as an exam dump, but in a conversational style that closely follows the typical classroom experience, giving the reader the experience of “a boot camp in a can” as one of my kind attendees so elegantly put it.

Good news, we’re updating the book, and it’ll be out in Q2 of 2009, featuring all the original goodness, plus updates to include all changes that have occurred since the original publication. This blog, Youtube channel, Twitter feed and other avenues are to help spread the word, educate potential candidates and to raise the awareness of the Linux Professional Institute’s great entry-level certification — the LPIC 1.

I’ve learned a great deal since that book was written, I’m now the Data Center Solutions Enablement Engineer for my employer, a large infrastructure software company. I’ll be putting all of my experience into the new version of the book, and I invite you to come along for the ride. I’ll be blogging, tweeting and screencasting my experiences along the way, and trying to make getting this foundational and very lucrative certification easier for everyone, not just those who will be getting a copy of the new book.

If I can help out, or there’s a topic you want to see covered in a post or a video, feel free to shoot me an email or leave a comment, I’ll consider and try to use any reasonable input.

Thanks and stay tuned, there’s a LOT of information coming your way.

Enjoy,

RossB

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