Linux+ cert

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so... doin some research on the cert im aiming for (more for some specialization in my training and for some fun cause i like linux)

i found out the linux+ exams from comptia are expensive cause they are partners with lpi on it, so when you take your linux+ exams (there is 2) and pass them, you can send your information off to lpi and get lpic-1 certified and then through lpi with your lpic-1 cert you can send your info off to novell and get novell CLA certified lol

now with all the info i could find... only lpi actually said anything about their recertification policies...

the lpic certs expire after 5 years, and are suggested to be renewed every 2 years... BUT i couldnt find anything on comptia's site about the linux+ expiring, and i couldnt find anything on novells site about the CLA expiring...

DOES ANYONE KNOW!? id like to know what im getting myself into lol... cause if i can keep novell CLA and linux+ for life, i can just say fuck lpic-1 come five years when it expires XD if they all expire in 5 years then i know i will HAVE to renew them every five years, and if the novell expires in 2 years like m$ certs that would suck and if comptia's linux+ expires in 3 years like their a+ net+ and sec+ certs that would also suck...

on comptia's site the recert stuff just talks about how a+ net+ and sec+ just switched over and it doesnt mention any of their other certs like server+ and linux+, and on novell's site, i couldnt find anything talking about certification renewal

but i gotta say... no matter what the actual situation ends up... 3 certs from two tests is pretty sweet

EDIT: and yes i know the red hat stuff is more desirable... buuuut i wouldnt know how to go about doing that right now while im just tryin to use as much resources as i can from my tech school rather than doing it all on my own... another question relating to that though, arent all the red hat ones 4life?

EDIT2: ok, so ive just been told over on ocn that as far as comptia goes, CE programs are suggested but not required except for the certs i already have... so that means linux+ would not expire