Take XK0-002 or wait for XK0-003 in Jan?

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Hi guys,

I am planning to take the Linux Plus exam pretty soon (was looking to book as soon as possible).

The old 2004 exam (XK0-002) is available to book now on Pearson Vue's website.

But I have heard the new 2009 exam (XK0-003) will be released in January (beta trials have finished).

Is it worth me waiting another month or two for the new one, or shall I just exam out of the way asap (since I need to study PHP, MySQL etc. after this).

I heard the new one is significantly harder, but will it carry any more weight/respect? (being a lot newer and more up to date, and probably harder).

Thanks for any comments/advice.

 

Thanks for the quick reply.

To be honest I am really overdue for this and need to get it out of the way so might just book the 2004. But will take another quick look at the objectives (they seemed similar enough when I glanced them).

Perhaps I'm just fussing too much as it's supposed to be an "entry level" certification anyway (nothing like RHCE or MSCE, still got a mountain to climb for certs/experience). I would have gone the LPI route already except that CompTIA is much more recognisable.

But yeah, thanks again for the quick reply. Much appreciated

 

I would have another look at LPIC if you have a genuine interest in Linux, if you just have a passing interest Linux+ is ok.

I've heard the old Linux+ seemed to be a cross between the A+ and Linux so was mostly hardware questions and not really a Linux exam.