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.
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- RF Controls, Qualcomm, and Inventec Introduce Secure, Scalable CS-EDGE ALxEG Edge Gateway for Intelligent RFID - The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Trump rules out SBF pardon, Bitcoin in ‘boring sideways’: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 4 – 10 - TradingView — Track All Markets
- Surfshark is one of the few to add dedicated IP to the Linux GUI app - GlobeNewswire
- Prediction: 1 Stock That'll Be Worth More Than Oracle 5 Years From Now - The Motley Fool
- The Dawn of the Internet of Agents: Anthropic and Linux Foundation Launch the Agentic AI Foundation - FinancialContent
- Bill Gates Finally Meets Linux Creator Linus Torvalds At Microsoft Exec's Dinner, Decades After Powering Rival Operating Systems - Sahm
- What's Going On With Super Micro Stock Monday? - Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI) - Benzinga
- SUSE Announces New Cloud Native Features Compatible with Amazon Linux - GlobeNewswire
- BlackRock warns that quantum computing is coming for your crypto - Mugglehead Magazine
- Infosys and Linux Foundation Networking Collaborate to Strengthen Responsible AI for Global Networks - The Globe and Mail
- New IBM LinuxONE 4 Express to Offer Cost Savings and Client Value through a Cyber Resilient Hybrid Cloud and AI Platform - IBM Newsroom
- Supermicro, Red Hat and Solarflare Set World Record Performance Mark with Double-Digit Latency Improvement on Financial Applications - Supermicro
- BSV joins Linux Foundation to advance open standards - CoinGeek
- AI-Assisted Management Drives Latest SUSE Linux Release - GlobeNewswire
- Why You Should Use A Computer Specifically Meant For Bitcoin Transactions And How To Do It - Nasdaq
- Accenture Joins Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) to Help Shape Ecosystem Focused on Making Pervasive Networks a Reality - Accenture
- IBM Transforms Business Operations with the RISE with SAP Solution in Expanded Partnership with SAP - SAP News Center
- Arms Cyber is First to Market with Cross-Hypervisor Anti-Ransomware Platform - GlobeNewswire
- QANplatform Becomes IBM Business Partner - Nasdaq
- Red Hat Files To Have Stock Listed On NYSE Instead of NASDAQ - WRAL
- Decentralized Chip Design: Miners reclaiming hardware control - CoinGeek
- Is IBM (NYSE: IBM) Making Money? - DataDrivenInvestor
- Elon Musk set to take on Microsoft with new company (MSFT:NASDAQ) - Seeking Alpha
- Google Will Enable Android Phones With Ability To Run Debian Linux Soon - HotHardware
- Intel Slips Battlemage Support And Power-Saving Features Into Linux 6.11 - HotHardware
- IBM Commits $1 Billion to Fuel Linux and Open Source Innovation on Power Systems - PR Newswire
- SAP and Red Hat Deepen Partnership to Power SAP Software Workloads with Red Hat Enterprise Linux - SAP News Center
- Stratus Releases Linux-based Virtualization for ftServer Platforms - Business Wire
- How To Mine Dogecoin: A Full Guide for Beginners - Nasdaq
- Ticker Is A Terminal Stock Watcher And Position Tracker (With Cryptocurrency Support) - linuxuprising.com
- 12 Unexpected Things That Exist Because Of Linux - Business Insider
- “We Had 11 or 12 Layers of Management”: Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Jumps as the Extent of Paring Back Revealed - TipRanks
- Microsoft's Windows Faces a New Threat From an Old Enemy - The Motley Fool
- Gary Mobley Declares a “Catch-22” in Progress With Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Turnaround - TipRanks
- 12 Things You See Every Day That Wouldn't Exist Without Linux - Business Insider
- Xilinx Acquires Embedded Linux Solutions Provider PetaLogix - PR Newswire
- Ubuntu: Dell Unveils Alienware Laptop Powered By Canonical's Linux - Channel Futures
- Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Gains, Earnings Outlook May Be “Useless” - TipRanks
- Microsoft Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT) Slips, Copilot Coming to LG TVs Whether You Like It Or Not - TipRanks
- Logitech Unveils New M720 Triathlon Multi-Device Mouse - news.logitech.com
- 10 years gone: The VA Linux Systems IPO - CNET
- AI Simulation Leader Cosmo Tech Appoints Andre M. Boisvert as Lead Independent Director - Business Wire
- “Data Center GPUs” Prove Little Help for Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) - TipRanks
- VA Linux Registers A 698% Price Pop - The Wall Street Journal
- 7 Things You Didn't Know Run on Linux - How-To Geek
- Stratasys Introduces Data Security Platform Supporting Growing U.S. Government Implementations of 3D Printing - Business Wire
- Microsoft's xCloud Game Streaming Looks Better On Windows Than Linux, But Why? - HotHardware
- Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, After Calling Linux a 'Cancer' - Light Reading
- MariaDB Completes Merger and Lands on NYSE as “MRDB” - Business Wire
- Review: Running Linux on the PS3 - A detailed view of what's out there - HEXUS.net
- lowRISC® and Partners to Deliver Commercial-Quality, Open-Source CHERI Secure Enclave with InnovateUK Support - GlobeNewswire
- From $25,000 to $1.5 billion in five years: How this ride-sharing unicorn defied all expectations - ZDNET
- VMware by Broadcom - Cloud Computing for the Enterprise - VMware
- Microsoft Announces A New OS, And It’s Not Based On Windows - Dazeinfo
- Review: Running Linux on the PS3 - A detailed view of what's out there - HEXUS.net
- Parallels Launches Parallels Desktop 20 with AI-Ready Virtual Machine, Streamlining AI Application Development - GlobeNewswire
- Japan's APLUS Co. Goes Live With IBM LinuxONE - Financial IT
- Review: Running Linux on the PS3 - A detailed view of what's out there - HEXUS.net
- Hacker Performs Awesome Tesla Model 3 Ubuntu Linux Infotainment System Mod - HotHardware
- Steam Play Linux compatibility list grows a hundredfold - PC - News - HEXUS.net
- Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) Antivirus Software Flaw Creates Vulnerability To Overflow Bug - marketexclusive.com
- Tech Suffer Large Sell-Off, NASDAQ Drops By More Than a Percent – AMD Still in the Green - Wccftech
- Digi International Announces FIPS 140-2 Validation for Cryptographic Security on All Digi Accelerated Linux Based Solutions - FinancialContent
- Meta’s ‘Linux Moment’: How Llama 3.3 and the 405B Model Shattered the AI Iron Curtain - FinancialContent
- Aurora Supercomputer Blade Installation Complete - FinancialContent
- Talend joins cloud leaders in openapi initiative to further api standards and interoperability - Global Banking & Finance Review
- BUSINESS | Linux shares rocket - BBC
- Linux Unveils Aryabhatt Operating System - Business Standard

- VoidLink: The Cloud-Native Malware Framework Weaponizing Linux Infrastructure - Check Point Blog
- This distro makes it easy to switch from Windows to Linux - here's how - ZDNET
- Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever - theregister.com
- The Distroless Linux Future May Be Coming - Hackaday
- GOG leadership turns on Windows as Linux is considered - Windows Central
- Fedora Games Lab Approved To Switch To KDE Plasma, Become A Better Linux Gaming Showcase - Phoronix
- Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is Officially Available Now! Introduces Two New Apps - It's FOSS
- NVIDIA 580.126.09 Released to Improve Compatibility with Recent Linux Kernels - 9to5Linux
- An absolute madman has recreated the Windows 8 UI—for Linux - PC Gamer
- Orion Browser Releases Its First Linux Alpha - OMG! Ubuntu
- I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great - The Verge
- VoidLink Linux Malware Framework Targets Cloud Environments - SecurityWeek
- A Linux Power User Puts SteamOS To Work - Hackaday
- Linux Mint 22.3 Released, This is What’s New - OMG! Ubuntu
- This ideal distro for Linux newbies includes a bonus for Windows users - ZDNET
- Sophisticated VoidLink malware framework targets Linux cloud servers - csoonline.com
- New Advanced Linux VoidLink Malware Targets Cloud and container Environments - The Hacker News
- VoidLink: The Cloud-Native Malware Framework - CPR - Check Point Research
- VoidLink Malware threatens Linux based Cloud Infrastructure - Cybersecurity Insiders
- The head of GOG wants to focus on Linux and slams Windows - Instant Gaming News
- Gaming on Linux has just gotten better with the launch of Wine 11 - PC Gamer
- Linux Patches Bring Mainline Kernel Support For The ASUS IPMI Expansion Card - Phoronix
- One of the best Linux distros for Windows users just got a fresh update - XDA
- I'm a creator and my new favorite Linux distro is multimedia perfection - here's why - ZDNET
- New Linux malware targets the cloud, steals creds, and then vanishes - theregister.com
- GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!' - PC Gamer
- ‘It’s such poor quality software’: GOG owner criticises Windows, says it will support Linux better in the future - Video Games Chronicle
- 7 deprecated Linux commands you need to stop using - and what to use instead - ZDNET
- Tails 7.4 Anonymous Linux OS Released with Persistent Language and Formats - 9to5Linux
- I ditched Windows: Flatpak fixed everything I hated about Linux - Cybernews
- I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop - PC Gamer
- I stopped installing Linux distros for fun and finally settled on one - XDA
- I tried the new Linux Mint 22.3 - it's a masterclass in polish and quality-of-life fixes - ZDNET
- Linux 6.19-rc5 Brings Fix For Newer NVIDIA GPUs, Logitech HID++ For Anywhere 3S & Fixes - Phoronix
- How Flatpaks & Open Source Make Steam Frame A Linux Playground - UploadVR
- A popular browser is getting an official Linux version, and people aren't happy - XDA
- The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026 - GamingOnLinux
- Hytale has arrived in Early Access with Linux support - GamingOnLinux
- Why do I use Linux? It's the apps, and here are 7 of my favorites - How-To Geek
- Linux Mint 22.3 has arrived, complete with Cinnamon 6.6 - How-To Geek
- This Docker container gives me a full Linux desktop in my browser - XDA
- Linux Demonstrates That Bugs Can Hide For 20 years! - i-programmer.info
- Panther Robotics and WICS host Intro to Linux workshop for FIU students - PantherNOW
- Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is out now and supported until 2029 - GamingOnLinux
- Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 arrives bringing masses of improvements to Linux - GamingOnLinux
- New Chinese-Made Malware Framework Targets Linux-Based Cloud Environments - Infosecurity Magazine
- GoBruteforcer Botnet Targets 50K-plus Linux Servers - Dark Reading | Security
- What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows - theregister.com
- How to Upgrade Linux Mint 22.2 to Linux Mint 22.3 - 9to5Linux
- Wine 11 is here with big improvements for Windows apps on Linux - How-To Geek
- I switched to Linux: Bye macOS and Windows - overkill.wtf
- 3 legitimately useful Linux apps to try this weekend (January 2 - 4) - How-To Geek
- Now independent, GOG is thinking about publishing games and embracing Linux - TechSpot
- New VoidLink Cloud-Native Malware Targets Linux Systems With Self-Deletion Capabilities - Cyber Press
- New Linux malware framework targets cloud and containers - Techzine Global
- VoidLink: Advanced Linux malware targets cloud environments - SC Media
- I've been using these 8 core Linux commands wrong for years - How-To Geek
- Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New - 9to5Linux
- Steam games finally run better on Linux Arm devices, and you can test them right now - XDA
- 5 Windows-like Linux distros you should try out - How-To Geek
- New China Linked VoidLink Linux Malware Targets Major Cloud Providers - Hackread
- 5 Linux Resolutions to Level Up Your Skills in 2026 - It's FOSS
- Niche Linux System Becomes a 'Phenomenal Hit' Forced by Microsoft: 2M Downloads in 3 Months, 1.5M Windows Users 'Defect' - 36Kr
- New VoidLink malware framework targets Linux cloud servers - BleepingComputer
- Crashing 3 Times a Week and Stealing Data Secretly? A Programmer's Linux Migration: "Finally Deleted Windows 11 Completely" - 36Kr
- Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New - Linuxiac
- Even Linux Creator Linus Torvalds is Using AI to Code in 2026 - It's FOSS
- You Can Now Use ONLYOFFICE on Raspberry Pi Like ARM Devices - It's FOSS
- 2026 could be the year of the (KDE) Linux desktop - How-To Geek
- D7VK 1.2 Released For Improving Direct3D 6 Front-End - Phoronix
- NVIDIA Brings GeForce RTX Gaming to More Devices With New GeForce NOW Apps for Linux PC and Amazon Fire TV - NVIDIA Blog
- Over 1 million Windows users have jumped ship — Zorin OS 18 is booming - Windows Central
- An Early Run With Ubuntu 26.04 On AMD EPYC Turin - The Current Performance Gains Over Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Review - Phoronix
- Why Linus Torvald's using AI code for fun does not mean Linux is changing - TechRadar
- New "Thames" Linux Accelerator Driver Posted Along With Companion Gallium3D Driver - Phoronix
- Linux has had a great year, but there are two reasons I can't tear myself away from Windows - PC Gamer
- Microsoft Stock Slips as GOG Eyes Linux Release to Escape Windows’ ‘Poor-Quality Software and Product’ - TipRanks
- Linux Addressing Out-Of-Memory Killer Inaccuracy On Large Core Count Systems - Phoronix
- I've used nearly every browser available and these are my top 4 (spoiler: Chrome is out) - ZDNET
- These are the 3 Linux distros I recommend for servers - How-To Geek
- Linux Systems Face a New Predator: Inside VoidLink’s Sophisticated Attack Arsenal - Technology Org
- Researchers unsure of purpose of new VoidLink Linux malware - iTnews
- Vanilla OS vs. Bazzite: Which immutable Linux distro is right for you? - ZDNET
- Linux Working Around Audio Problems On The ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X - Phoronix
- New Linux malware detected: admins “may never realize their infrastructure has been quietly taken over” - Cybernews
- These are the Linux Apps I Couldn't Live Without in 2025 - It's FOSS
- After decades of using Windows, Linux's KDE Plasma is spoiling me rotten - XDA
- Experts warn this new Chinese Linux malware could be preparing something seriously worrying - TechRadar
- The 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - and why - ZDNET
- MX Linux 25.1 Beta Brings Back Dual-Init Support, Based on Debian 13.3 - 9to5Linux
- Linux Fu: Yet Another Shell Script Trick - Hackaday
- Linux Founder's "I Was So Wrong" Moment: Mocked AI Programming as Garbage, Now Dives into AI - Assisted Programming - 36Kr
- 4 productivity apps on Linux that replaced my favorite web apps - How-To Geek
- Screw it, I’m installing Linux - The Verge
- When I Get Stressed, I Just Repeat “Linux” to Myself - radioworld.com
- China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes - The Hacker News
- NVIDIA recommended driver 580.126.09 release for Linux - GamingOnLinux
- Another Linux desktop environment goes Wayland-only as it prepares to change version after a decade - XDA
- Moving From Windows To FreeBSD As The Linux Chaos Alternative - Hackaday