Organization
The Linux Professional Institute Inc. was incorporated as a Canadian non-profit organisation on the 25 October 1999. It is headquartered near Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The exams are not normally administered by Linux Professional Institute Inc., but instead through one of their training partners. Most exams are administered through a Pearson VUE test centre or at a Thomson Prometric test centre. Also a number of exams offered at major Linux and IT trade shows and conferences where the exams are often available at a reduced price, or sometimes even free of charge.
The LPI is also a founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium.
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