Taken from the CompTIA IT Fundamentals Exam Guide book (2nd edition, published 2021). I'm not sure if they fixed this in newer versions, if at all.
It's CompTIA. They're meh, at best.
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This sent me into full-body convulsions. How could you do this to me
Man. I remember taking the CompTIA exams back in the day.
Guhnooguhnooguhnooguhnooguhnooguhnooguhnooguhnoo
This is why I never bothered formally learning anything computer-related in school.
When I was a young 'un we learnt a lot of this basic stuff just by being interested in computers and using them. These formats are so ubiquitous that anyone who hasn't come across them must have pretty limited experience using computers. So I guess this textbook is for people who want a job in IT but aren't motivated enough to actually use computers? Seems like a bad formula for a career.
Yeah, it's misleading but technically still correct. GNU/Linux is a variant of an OS using the linux kernel.
Edit: nevermind they didn't even mention GNU tar but instead calls it "Linux"
Sorry CompTIa is fucking garbage. In all my years at faangs, startups, Silicon Valley ycombinators, mid west tech, have I ever hired or worked with someone who has comptia certs.
Is it a good start to level 1 help desk at a hospital? Maybe. But I feel like it’s a fucking scheme where the time to learn any language instead would make you leagues better. Or study and get Cisco certs instead for neteng.
I’ll add it’s not that I chose not to hire CompTIa cert people. But I think in my 15 years I have never seen one come across the desk. The only time I saw it on a resume was level 1 help desk at a shop that thought Windows ME was the best release at the time and should be used in all rural hospitals and it was 2006 and anything beyond it was full of bloatware.
His company went bankrupt. Fuck you Arco