Linux in Dallas/Fort Worth

North Lake College
Uses Linux as part of the Open Source Technology (OST@NLC) certificate program. The core of the OST program consists of LAMP, with other courses that address more general open source issues. We use a number of distros in our Open Source Lab, depending upon the class being offered.
We both teach and utilize Linux at various levels. Although we have several servers using Linux, we are not a strong user of it. We do use several Unix systems, and of course the other OS.

L3 Link Simulation
Uses Linux on software development workstations and also as embedded systems pretty much throughout the range of flight simulation products. We sell systems containing 40 or more Linux PC's acting as a gigantic 3D graphics 'render farm' that drive batteries of video projectors or laser display systems. We also have simulators that fit into trucks that can be air-lifted into the field for mission rehearsal purposes. We develop on RedHat/Fedora and SuSE - we deliver on our own Linux distro that's loosely based around Gentoo.
Almost all of the Sterling Commerce software product line is supported on Linux (x86 and zSeries). Internally Linux is used for software development and testing as well as some very key infrastructure roles. We support our products on Red Hat Enterprise and SUSE Linux Enterprise. Internally we use OpenSUSE and some CentOS.

Presco
Presco is a marking and films product manufacturing company in Sherman, TX. Presco uses Linux for most of their key infrastructure needs, including accounting, name services, email, printing and file storage.
Uses mostly Red Hat Linux in key infrastructure areas including accounting, email and file storage services.

Lockheed Martin
Uses Linux for running large scale digital simulations, computational fluid dynamics and various hydrocodes. A few people are figuring out that applications like Matlab/Simulink run faster on Linux than Windows and are migrating to Linux. We have several desktop Linux users.
A division of Salem Communications Company (which owns KLTY, KWRD, and KSKY) uses Linux quite a bit. They are in the process of converting their broadcast automation computers to Linux, running the Rivendell Open Source automation program, which was developed by Salem Radio Labs. These systems will control the programming being sent over eleven satellite networks. Linux machines are also used for audio editing and controlling telephone screening equipment.
Uses Linux to troubleshoot and help fix computer systems, including ailing Windows installations. Also uses Linux for mail services using QmailToaster and uses Xen on Gentoo.
Linux Business in the News
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- Infosys Partners With Linux Foundation To Advance Responsible AI In Networking - Nasdaq
- CyberArk Helps Modernize Identity and Access Management for Linux Machines With New Identity Bridge Capability - Business Wire
- Automox Launches Real-Time Linux CVE Data to Outpace NVD Delays - GlobeNewswire
- This Game-Changing Linux Security Tool Just Made System Authentication 10x Easier - Stock Titan
- Akamai Delivers Infrastructure Support to Ensure Uninterrupted Linux Kernel Development - Quantisnow
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Boosts Linux Driver Support Ahead of Launch of Versal2 Evaluation Kits for AI-Driven Embedded Systems - Yahoo Finance
- Infosys and Linux Foundation Networking Collaborate to Strengthen Responsible AI for Global Networks - The Globe and Mail
- Infosys (INFY) Advances Responsible AI in Networking Through Linux Foundation Partnership - MSN
- BSV joins Linux Foundation to advance open standards - CoinGeek
- Nvidia Teams Up With MediaTek to Challenge Intel and AMD in Desktop CPU Market - Yahoo Finance
- Intel Slips Battlemage Support And Power-Saving Features Into Linux 6.11 - HotHardware
- Open Source History: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of VA Linux - Channel Futures
- Elon Musk Suggests Shifting 'Consumer Desktops To Linux' As Satya Nadella Promotes Microsoft's New Windows AI Feature 'Recall' With Photographic Memory - Benzinga
- Easily Monitor Stock Prices with these GNOME Extensions - OMG! Ubuntu
- Nasdaq hits 5,000 for the first time since 2000 - Los Angeles Times
- Digi International Announces Expanded Support for Linux and Windows with Digi AnywhereUSB® Plus - Business Wire
- Stratus Releases Linux-based Virtualization for ftServer Platforms - Business Wire
- Datavault AI Signs Interoperability License Agreement with Dolby - Business Wire
- Datavault AI Slashes Audio Integration Time 83% Through Game-Changing Dolby Partnership - Stock Titan
- MariaDB Completes Merger and Lands on NYSE as “MRDB” - Business Wire
- You Can Track Stock Market Data From Your Terminal - HackerNoon
- AI Simulation Leader Cosmo Tech Appoints Andre M. Boisvert as Lead Independent Director - Business Wire
- Crowdstrike shares plunge 12% after massive global IT outage - markets.businessinsider.com
- Akamai to host kernel.org, bolstering Linux development - Investing.com
- How N-able's CMMC 2.0 Readiness Plan Could Transform Government IT Services - Stock Titan
- What's Going On With Dell Technologies Stock? - TradingView
- SUSE Stock Price | Stock Quote, News, and History - markets.businessinsider.com
- SentinelOne Achieves Perfect Score in MITRE ATT&CK Tests: 100% Detection Rate with 88% Less Noise - Stock Titan
- LatticeFlow Appoints Global Technology Executive, Andre Boisvert, As Chairman of The Board - The Recursive
- What Devices Are Affected by the Windows Outage - WSJ
- Red Hat Earnings: Amazon A Threat In Linux Landscape? - Investor's Business Daily
- Enovix Reports Progress on 2025 Smartphone Launch - The Globe and Mail
- How ECARX's New Tech Deal Could Transform Your Future Volkswagen Experience - Stock Titan
- Microsoft Stock Price Poised for 14% Lift from Cloud (Nasdaq: MSFT) - Money Morning
- CrowdStrike Falcon expands Linux protection with enhanced prevention capabilities - ITWeb
- Red Hat Achieves Common Criteria Security Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 - Bobsguide
- 12 Unexpected Things That Exist Because Of Linux - Business Insider
- Markets: An Open-Source App to Keep Track of Your Investments for Linux Desktop and Phones - It's FOSS
- Intel Alder Lake Benchmark Battle Pits Windows 11 Vs Linux With Surprising Results - HotHardware
- VA Linux Registers A 698% Price Pop - WSJ
- Microsoft Previews Defender ATP For Linux, Official Release Just Days Away - HotHardware
- The Easiest Way to Pull Stock Data into your Python Program: yfinance - Towards Data Science
- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Benchmark Battle Pits Windows 11 Against Ubuntu Linux - HotHardware
- Microsoft Will Deliver Linux GUI App Support To Windows 10 With WSL2 - HotHardware
- Electra Meccanica (NASDAQ: SOLO) Soars Over 50 Percent Following the Recent Surge in the Share Prices of Nikola and Tesla - Wccftech
- Intel Is Adding A Feature To Its Arc GPUs That Will Delight Linux Gamers - HotHardware
- AMD's New Linux Driver Teases Possible Launch For Radeon RX 8000 RDNA 4 GPUs - HotHardware
- AMD Radeon Linux Driver Hints At Incoming Integer Scaling Feature - HotHardware
- 12 Things You See Every Day That Wouldn't Exist Without Linux - Business Insider
- VA Linux -- Easy Come, Easy Go / Stock's dramatic rise and fall leave determined workers unfazed - SFGATE
- AMD's Next Gen Navi GPU Architecture Found Referenced In Linux Drivers - HotHardware
- Linux Kernel 4.8 Release Enables NVIDIA's Pascal, Raspberry Pi 3 And AMD GPU Overclocking - HotHardware
- AMD Vega 20 XGMI GPU-to-GPU Interconnect Spied In Linux Driver Patch - HotHardware
- Intel Comet Lake-S 10-Core, 20-Thread CPU Leaked In Linux Driver Update - HotHardware
- Elon Musk Rejects Rumors Of A Tesla Phone, But Says The EV Giant Will Have To Make One If This Happens - Benzinga
- Review: Running Linux on the PS3 - A detailed view of what's out there - HEXUS.net
- 'Almost the entire employee base...': Zerodha's Nithin Kamath on how his firm survived the 'Blue Screen of Death' - Business Today
- 1999: Year of the IPO - CNN
- BUSINESS | Linux shares rocket - BBC
- Ticker Is A Terminal Stock Watcher And Position Tracker (With Cryptocurrency Support) - linuxuprising.com
- Profit From the Rising Importance of Linux Software - Investment U
- Did You Know? 13 Amazing Facts About Linux That Will Surprise You - Fossbytes
- How to Monitor Stock Prices from Ubuntu Command Line Using Mop - Make Tech Easier

- New to Linux? Don't try these 7 distros (yet) - ZDNET
- Linux 6.15 Git Tanked Nginx HTTPS Web Server Performance - Here's The Bisect Review - Phoronix
- Intel Core Ultra 9 285K performance sees 6% improvement on Linux — Arrow Lake boosts even without new '200S Boost' BIOS - Tom's Hardware
- # Linux bug fix recovers 30% performance, critical for cars using kernel-based infotainment (what Tesla competitors need to know) - Journée Mondiale
- How to stay on Windows 10 instead of installing Linux - theregister.com
- 5 amazing Linux distros that are better than Windows, but you should avoid them as a beginner - XDA
- Linux Kernel 6.13 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.14 - 9to5Linux
- Download & Unzip Files Without Leaving the Linux Terminal With These 6 Commands - How-To Geek
- CachyOS Linux Distribution Makes More Improvements To Its Handheld Edition - Phoronix
- These 6 lightweight Linux apps let older PCs run blazing fast - ZDNET
- Suvivor-like bullet hell with random maps FIENDRISE adds Linux support - GamingOnLinux
- 18 essential commands for new Linux users - Network World
- Linux 6.15-rc3 Released With GCC 15 Build Fixes, Intel Bartlett Lake & Zen 5 Check - Phoronix
- EU OS: A European Proposal for a Public Sector Linux Desktop - The New Stack
- OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Released with Linux 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3, and Server Edition - 9to5Linux
- Linux Fu: Stopping A Runaway - Hackaday
- Android 16 lets the Linux Terminal use your phone's entire storage - Android Authority
- Why I Dual-Boot But Choose Linux Over Windows Almost Every Time - How-To Geek
- Patches Hoping For The Upstream Kernel Finally Provide Google Pixel 4a Support - Phoronix
- With Android 16, the Linux terminal gets all the space it needs - ZDNET
- Miss old-school Linux? This distro will take you back to the early 2000s - ZDNET
- My Linux Install Took 8 Hours Because I Missed This Simple Fix - How-To Geek
- If you're ready to pull the plug on Windows, I found an ideal Linux distro for new users - ZDNET
- The 5 Linux AppImages I depend on daily - and how to add them to your desktop menu - ZDNET
- My two favorite AI apps on Linux - and how I use them to get more done - ZDNET
- I tried gaming on Linux — and it's better (and worse) than you think - Tom's Guide
- Rogue npm Packages Mimic Telegram Bot API to Plant SSH Backdoors on Linux Systems - The Hacker News
- Forget Windows 11. These mad lads made Linux look like Windows XP! - pcworld.com
- Intel Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" Performance On Linux Has Improved A Lot Since Launch Review - Phoronix
- Intel’s new Linux graphics driver finally allows full memory use (performance jumps 43%) - Journée Mondiale
- Linux Patch Queued To Report Outdated Intel CPU Microcode As A Vulnerability - Phoronix
- Ubuntu 25.10 Moving Ahead With Plans For Migrating To Rust Coreutils - Phoronix
- Intel Posts Newest Code For Cache Aware Scheduling On Linux - Phoronix
- Malicious npm Packages Attacking Linux Developers to Install SSH Backdoors - CybersecurityNews
- Google Lifts Storage Limit for Linux Terminal on Pixel Phones: 16 GB to Infinity Minus 1GB - extremetech.com
- 5 things to do with the Linux terminal on your Android phone - including my favorite - ZDNET
- OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 brings KDE Plasma 6 and Proton for running Windows games on Linux - BetaNews
- Linux Being Patched For Buggy MWAIT Behavior On Intel Ice Lake Servers - Phoronix
- Best Linux distros for reviving an old PC - Tom's Hardware
- Need a Linux admin? Ask a hair stylist to introduce you to a worried mother - theregister.com
- Kmemdump Proposed For The Linux Kernel To Help With Memory Dumping & Debugging - Phoronix
- Experts Uncover New XorDDoS Controller, Infrastructure as Malware Expands to Docker, Linux, IoT - The Hacker News
- RISC-V getrandom vDSO Ready Ahead Of Linux 6.16 With Exciting Performance - Phoronix
- How to start using the new Linux terminal on your Android device - ZDNET
- Nitrux, a Debian-Based Linux Distro With Modern Apps - The New Stack
- Chinese Hackers Deploy SNOWLIGHT and VShell in Linux Intrusions - MSSP Alert
- The latest Ubuntu is great news for Linux fans everywhere - Tom's Hardware
- Malicious npm Packages Target Linux Developers with SSH Backdoor Attacks - GBHackers News
- Linux 6.15-rc3 Released With Key Kernel Bug Fixes - GBHackers News
- Chinese Hackers Target Linux Systems Using SNOWLIGHT Malware and VShell Tool - The Hacker News
- Google, AWS say it's too hard for customers to use Linux to swerve Azure - theregister.com
- Linux Terminal for Beginners: How to Install and Remove Software - How-To Geek
- LIBRITOPIA: Librarian Simulator recently added a Linux version - GamingOnLinux
- Why I Don't Use Linux on My Desktop PC - How-To Geek
- MX Linux 23.6 brings Debian freshness, without the systemd funk - theregister.com
- Open source AI is the new Linux, only faster - TechSpot
- Manage storage using Linux Logical Volume Manager - TechTarget
- New BPFDoor Controller Enables Stealthy Lateral Movement in Linux Server Attacks - The Hacker News
- New FWCTL Subsystem Submitted For Linux 6.15 - Phoronix
- Ubuntu 25.04 upgrades halted due to Kubuntu users getting a broken desktop - GamingOnLinux
- This SteamOS clone is the best Linux distro for gamers - ZDNET
- Linux 6.15-rc3 To Bring AMD Zen 5 Microcode Protection, Intel Bartlett Lake ID Addition - Phoronix
- Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series "Strix Point" Makes For A Great Linux Laptop Review - Phoronix
- These 6 Linux apps are the secret sauce to my creative process - ZDNET
- Install Linux on your old PC to save it from the landfill this Earth Day - BetaNews
- Arch Linux Is The Latest Distribution Replacing Redis With Valkey - Phoronix
- Slightly Faster AES-XTS Performance For AVX-512 CPUs Expected With Linux 6.16 - Phoronix
- NVIDIA 575.51.02 Linux Driver Beta Released With Smooth Motion Support - Phoronix
- A retro goodie rebuilt from 1994, Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition recently added Linux support - GamingOnLinux
- 5 Popular Linux Distributions and Who They're Meant For - How-To Geek
- Underwater PvP shooter Tidal Shock 1.0 out now with Linux / Steam Deck support - it's also now free to play - GamingOnLinux
- Google removes memory usage limits for Linux Terminal in Android 16 - Mezha.Media
- Fedora 42 Released As A Fantastic Update To This Leading-Edge Linux Distribution - Phoronix
- Intel Lunar Lake On Linux Can Roughly Match Windows 11 Xe2 Graphics - When Not Stuck At 400MHz - Phoronix
- Parallels Desktop 20.3 Brings Linux VM Fixes to Mac Users - OMG! Ubuntu
- As the Kernel Turns: Rust in Linux saga reaches the “Linus in all-caps” phase - Ars Technica
- Linux 6.15-rc3 Released With Fix for Multiple Kernel Fixes - CybersecurityNews
- Initial Linux Gaming/Graphics Performance For The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Review - Phoronix
- These 5 Companies Make Linux-First PCs - How-To Geek
- 6 Linux applications and tools that prevent me from ever switching back to Windows - XDA
- AMD Ryzen AI Max 300 "Strix Halo" Graphics IP Versions Confirmed - Phoronix
- Linux 6.15 Extending Thermal Control Support To More Alienware & Dell Systems - Phoronix
- Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 gets OEM support — does that signal the impending death of Ubuntu-based Mint? - BetaNews
- Ahead of its 10 year Steam anniversary, Black Mesa has a new beta with improved Linux support and many fixes - GamingOnLinux
- New Ubuntu Linux security bypasses require manual mitigations - BleepingComputer
- I installed Linux on an 8-inch mini laptop - and it's my new favorite way of computing - ZDNET
- Linux laptop lagging? 5 simple ways to speed it up fast - ZDNET
- I ditched Windows 11 for Linux — and you should, too - Laptop Mag
- I'm a Linux power user and this distro has the most refreshing take on OS design - ZDNET
- Ubuntu 25.04 vs. Windows 11 CPU Performance For The AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 Review - Phoronix
- I Just Reinstalled Garuda Linux, and These 3 Things Surprised Me - How-To Geek
- Many Rust Changes Submitted For Linux 6.15 - Phoronix
- How to install Ubuntu Server in under 30 minutes - ZDNET
- 5 ways Hyprland transformed how I use my Linux laptop - XDA
- ParticleOS: Systemd's Very Own Linux Distro in Making - It's FOSS News
- Auto-Color: An Emerging and Evasive Linux Backdoor - Unit 42
- How Linux Took Over the World (Without Anyone Noticing) - How-To Geek
- I Made My Partner Use Linux for a Week–Here’s How It Went - How-To Geek
- The 6 Linux distros I recommend most for gaming in 2025 - including my favorite - ZDNET
- These 7 WSL programs changed how I use Windows - XDA