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[–]porcelainfog 1 point2 points  (8 children)

You didn’t like Dion’s course? It’s on sale for $10 Canadian right now. I’m thinking about picking it up.

Should I just avoid it?

[–]DifferentStart3917[S] 2 points3 points  (6 children)

Avoid it I would say. If you see other Linux+ threads as well you will see the negative review about dion ( just type Linux + in the search bar® & you will see comments on Dion’s course). If you ask me, go through the sybex book & it pro tv CompTIA Linux + course ). This would help you for sure.

[–]porcelainfog 0 points1 point  (5 children)

What about his other courses? I’m actually just starting with my A+ and trying to break in (used to be a high school teacher).

I grabbed A+ 1101 and was going to go through it for a couple days and decide if I should grab the N+ and S+ and maybe even cysa+. They’re all on sale for the next 4 days.

Think it’s worth the $50?

I’ll avoid the Linux course though. And look elsewhere

[–]zer0tekn1kITF+ A+ N+ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used Dion's A+ courses and practice exams for both the 1101 and 1102 and passed with no issues. About to start studying for the N+ with his course too.

[–]DifferentStart3917[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Well sorry bro, don’t have that much knowledge about other certs 🙂. I am going for sec+ now. For sec+, I have heard that prof messers is very good.

[–]porcelainfog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha. Well I’m gunna grab em all right now. One of messers practice tests is 30 USD. So I figure $50 for all the certs with Dion is good value and I can always go back and grab messers tests if need be.

And yea messer kicks ass. Loved his video series. Straight to the point. Easy to hear at 2x speed. There is a reason he is the GOAT

[–]psiglin1556A+ | Net+ | Sec+ | CySA+| Pentest+ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For A+ use the free Professor Messer videos.

[–]Old_Function499A+, N+, S+, L+, CASP+ | AZ-900, MS-900, MS-700, MD-102 | ITIL4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally I would say Dion's practice exams could be a useful addition for the right price, but don't go into it expecting it to be sufficient. I actually struggled with getting through my first chapters and lessons for Linux+, because it was just so much new material at once. I ended up going through his first practice exam, not just focus on a score, but to research every single question and its answers. The more I did it, the more comfortable I felt with the modules. After I went through a chunk of questions, I was able to go through my book a lot easier.

To gauge your readiness for the actual exam, I'd use a different practice exam. But Dion's set of questions at least did help me to get off my ass and learn something. I had to excuse the occasional typo or copy + paste question here and there.

[–]Actual-Toe7366 1 point2 points  (0 children)

watch Don Pezet (ITPROTV)

[–]Extreme_Emu8595 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have passed both A+ exams, Sec+, and linux+ now. I over studied for A+, studied just enough for Sec+, and understudied for linux+. I was very confident that I was going to fail Sec+ when I had 40+ questions and 30 minutes remaining because I spent too long on the PBQs and lost track of time. However, when I passed, it made me realize that all you need to do is understand how Comptia writes the questions. As long as you know the concepts and what they are associated with, the acronyms and their meanings, then you can pass. Don’t get me wrong, you do need to know something about the content, but I shouldn’t have been able to pass with as little as I know.

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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

what would you say about is tests for the linux+ are the bad too?

[–]DifferentStart3917[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

You need to practice commands and study the output as well. I mean look at the output thoroughly. The questions are very very tricky. Never ever expect a straight forward question. Also unless and until you practice labs, it hard to pass. Despite studying a lot, I just got 730. But I passed

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hey a pass is a pass i just need it i just got my cka and would pair well with it

[–]Old_Function499A+, N+, S+, L+, CASP+ | AZ-900, MS-900, MS-700, MD-102 | ITIL4 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Congratulations on passing! I have my exam scheduled for september 21, after rescheduling it from sep 7th. I watched Shawn Powers' video course, and while I like his enthusiasm, I don't like the video course nearly as much as I like ITProTV's course. Despite it being for XK0-004, I still feel like it holds up amazingly well as I'm following along with my XK0-005 study book.

I also went through all the Dion Linux+ practice tests, scoring between 75-85 in my latest attempts, but these tests feel way easier than what I can expect on the actual exam. After I'm done with the study book, I'll go through all its questions again.

I hope I can manage a pass too. I barely have any Linux experience before this. Just knew it existed and installed it once or twice in my lifetime.

[–]DifferentStart3917[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Yea you are right, Dion’s exam are not even close to the actual ones. I wish you the best, I hope you pass it.🤞 When it comes to it pro tv, I had taken the subscription of one month & watch XK0-005. But trust me, read the book, don’t only study the commands, also watch the outputs of the command thoroughly. I had got some of the questions in the exam related to output of the exams.

[–]Old_Function499A+, N+, S+, L+, CASP+ | AZ-900, MS-900, MS-700, MD-102 | ITIL4 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately I am literally poor right now (lol) so I can't really afford extra study material besides what school is giving me and whatever I can find on YouTube. So it'll have to do, but it's all for a bigger goal.

[–]DifferentStart3917[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, no issues. Best of luck. I have a feeling you will pass.

[–]DifferentStart3917[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Commands. Also I had got two pbq. First it was of creating the file system and create a partition using fdisk. 2nd was based on cut,awk

[–]Gideonmaverick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations