Linux Professional Institute

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Linux Professional Institute

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Founded	October 25, 1999
Type	149(1), Income Tax Act (Canada), Non-profit organization
Focus	IT qualification
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Products	Linux Essentials Open Source Essentials Security Essentials Web Development Essentials LPIC-1 LPIC-2 LPIC-3 300 LPIC-3 303 LPIC-3 304 LPIC-3 305 LPIC-3 306 DevOps Tools Engineer BSD Specialist
Key people	G. Matthew Rice (Executive Director) Uirá Ribeiro (Chairman of the board) Brian Clemens (Vice-Chair) Board members: Jill Ratkevic Michinori Nakahara Dorothy Gordon Klaus Knopper Ted Matsumura Emmanuel Nguimbus Ricardo Prudenciato Thiago Sobral Jon "maddog" Hall (Chair Emeritus)
Website	www.lpi.org

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is a non-profit organization with a global presence, offering certifications for GNU/Linux, BSD, and other open source software-based technologies. It was founded in October 1999 in Canada. LPI now has offices on six continents to coordinate certification and partnerships, and created a membership program^[1] in 2020. As of May 2025, LPI had certified over 250,000 professionals in 180 countries^[2].