Get Linux Certification and Help Fund FOSS Force All at Once!

There are two ways to contribute to FOSS Force. The first way is to make a donation to our GoFundMe FOSS Force 2026 Independence Drive. The other is to sign up for Linux Foundation training, and let the foundation make a “donation” for you.

This is kind of a commercial. Or partly a fundraising announcement for FOSS Force, as well as a way for you to take some Linux and Kubernetes courses and get certifications at a greatly reduced price. In other words, you can help keep us paying our bills so we can continue to keep you informed about Free Software, Linux, and open source, and at the same time, save a bunch of money upping your career path with substantial discounts on Linux Foundation courses and certifications.

If you’re already working in tech, then you probably know that Linux Foundation training and certifications are the best of breed. For many of their better-known certifications — such as LFCS, LFCE, and Kubernetes certifications — you are tested in a live Linux environment by performing actual administrative tasks. In other words, fewer multiple-choice questions and more fill-in-the-blanks and completing tasks on online machines.

Just what you might expect from courses being offered from the organization that keeps Linux maintained and developed, right?

The training also comes with little to no distro lock-in. Unlike certs from sources like Red Hat, the Linux Foundation’s exams are designed to be distribution-agnostic and focus on skills that apply across Linux systems.

So, How Do I Save Money and Help Fund FOSS Force at the Same Time?

As you might (or might not) know, FOSS Force has an affiliate relationship with the Linux Foundation. That means if you click on a Linux Foundation ad on our site (like the one we’ve conveniently placed at the end of this article), and then sign up for one of the foundation’s many courses or certs, we get paid a commission, like we would if we were a sales clerk or something.

Here’s how that helps you save a lot of money… and help FOSS Force at the same time.

Starting today, and running through June 26, if you have the right discount codes you can get anywhere from 20% to 75% off, depending on what ends up in your shopping cart when you check out. As for the discount codes, you can find those anywhere — they might even be on the Linux Foundation’s site — but we’ve got them here for you, to save you the bother of having to hunt for them.

Here’s how the sale breaks down — along with the discount codes you’ll need to take advantage of the discounts:

• 75% off super bundles with code JPRIME26SB
• 50% off bundles with code JPRIME26B
• 40% off certifications and e-learning courses JPRIME26CC
• 20% off Thrive-One Annual JPRIME26TO

At 75% off, the best deal, by far, is the super bundles, of which there are three:

• Cybersecurity Super Bundle: Includes Linux System Administration Essentials (LFS207) course, Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) exam, Kubernetes Fundamentals (LFS258) course, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam, Kubernetes Security Essentials (LFS260) course, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam, Mastering Kubernetes Security with Kyverno (LFS255) course, Implementing DevSecOps (LFS262) course, and Mastering Infrastructure Security (SKF200) course.
• Cloud Native Developer Super Bundle: Includes Containers for Developers and Quality Assurance (LFD254) course, Kubernetes for Developers (LFD259) course, Containers Fundamentals (LFS253) course, DevOps and SRE Fundamentals: Implementing Continuous Delivery (LFS261) course, GitOps: Continuous Delivery on Kubernetes with Flux (LFS269) course, and Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam.
• Cloud Native Super Bundle: Includes Monitoring Systems and Services with Prometheus (LFS241) course, Cloud Native Logging with Fluentd (LFS242) course, Containers Fundamentals (LFS253) course, Containers for Developers and Quality Assurance (LFD254) course, Managing Kubernetes Applications with Helm (LFS244) course, Kubernetes Fundamentals (LFS258) course, and Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam.

Also, we would be remiss if we didn’t point out that the smallest discount — 20% off Thrive-One Annual — might also be a better deal than you might think. Thrive-One is an annual e‑learning subscription that includes unlimited access to the Linux Foundation’s full catalog of self‑paced online courses for a year. With it you get:

• Unlimited access to the entire e‑learning catalog (100+ courses, including hands‑on labs in many of them).
• Unlimited access to microlearning content: short videos, case studies, and microcourses that are added regularly and only available to subscribers.
• Access to all SkillCred exams with an annual plan (short, focused skills verifications).

And remember, not only do you get these great discounts for training and exams that can’t help but push your career forward, you’ll also be putting money into FOSS Force’s bank account, which we badly need in order to pay our writers and reporters so that we can not only continue to bring you coverage of Linux, Free Software, open source, and free tech in general — but even broaden our coverage.

I’m Sold! What Do I Do?

With the discount codes we provided above, you can take advantage of this sale by going to the Linux Foundation from anywhere on the internet between now and June 26. However, if you want to take advantage of these deals AND put money in our pocket so we can continue to do what we do — and at no cost to you — you’ll need to start your shopping by clicking on a Linux Foundation ad on our site, like this one:

After you do that, place your order, start studying, and sleep better at night because not only did you save yourself a lot of money with a big educational payoff for you, you’ve also painlessly helped FOSS Force keep on keeping on. And we thank you for that.