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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- EGGER Group Achieves 99.99% Uptime Across Global Operations with SIOS LifeKeeper for Linux - GlobeNewswire
- Infosys and Linux Foundation Networking Collaborate to Strengthen Responsible AI for Global Networks - PR Newswire
- 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
- Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Gains, Earnings Outlook May Be “Useless” - The Globe and Mail
- BSV joins Linux Foundation to advance open standards - CoinGeek
- 10 Best Indian Stocks to Buy According to Billionaires - Insider Monkey
- QANplatform Joins Linux Foundation and Its Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance - Nasdaq
- VA Linux: The Linux Company That Once Ruled NASDAQ - It's FOSS
- Fiserv Releases TradeFlow for Linux to Help Greater Number of Financial Institutions Reduce Cost of Post-Trade Processing - Fiserv
- AI Simulation Leader Cosmo Tech Appoints Andre M. Boisvert as Lead Independent Director - Business Wire
- Opera (NASDAQ:OPRA): Underrated AI Stock Yielding Over 5% - Yahoo Finance
- SAP and Red Hat Deepen Partnership to Power SAP Software Workloads with Red Hat Enterprise Linux - SAP News Center
- Accenture Joins Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) to Help Shape Ecosystem Focused on Making Pervasive Networks a Reality - Accenture
- “Data Center GPUs” Prove Little Help for Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) - The Globe and Mail
- Infosys (INFY) Advances Responsible AI in Networking Through Linux Foundation Partnership - Yahoo Finance
- Why Microsoft Stock Owners Shouldn’t Worry About Linux - Nasdaq
- IBM Unveils New LinuxONE Server, LinuxONE Emperor 4 - Nasdaq
- New IBM LinuxONE Servers Help Reduce Energy Consumption as Clients Increasingly Make Sustainability a Business Priority - IBM Newsroom
- Ticker Is A Terminal Stock Watcher And Position Tracker (With Cryptocurrency Support) - linuxuprising.com
- LatticeFlow Appoints Global Technology Executive, Andre Boisvert, As Chairman of The Board - The Recursive
- New ACI Worldwide Evaluation Demonstrates Significantly Reduced Total Cost of Ownership for UP BASE24-eps on Linux in the Cloud - Business Wire
- IBM Transforms Business Operations with the RISE with SAP Solution in Expanded Partnership with SAP - SAP News Center
- Is IBM (NYSE: IBM) Making Money? - DataDrivenInvestor
- What is Hyperledger? Executive Director Brian Behlendorf Explains the Linux Foundation's Blockchain Initiative - Nasdaq
- Mixed News Gives Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Little Help - The Globe and Mail
- Stratus Releases Linux-based Virtualization for ftServer Platforms - Business Wire
- Microsemi and SiFive Launch HiFive Unleashed Expansion Board, Enabling Linux Software and Firmware Developers to Build RISC-V PCs for the First Time - Design And Reuse
- Microsoft's Windows Faces a New Threat From an Old Enemy - Yahoo Finance
- Advanced Hypervisor Security for VMware, Nutanix and All Other Linux-Based Hypervisors, Powered by Vali Cyber - Business Wire
- Elastic Announces New Osquery Manager Integration and Memory Threat Protection for macOS and Linux - Business Wire
- Intel Is Adding A Feature To Its Arc GPUs That Will Delight Linux Gamers - HotHardware
- IBM Commits $1 Billion to Fuel Linux and Open Source Innovation on Power Systems - PR Newswire
- Latest Release of Stratus’ Linux-Based Fault Tolerance and Virtualization Software Increases Edge Infrastructure Capabilities - Business Wire
- AMD Radeon Linux Driver Hints At Incoming Integer Scaling Feature - HotHardware
- 12 Unexpected Things That Exist Because Of Linux - Business Insider
- 12 Things You See Every Day That Wouldn't Exist Without Linux - Business Insider
- London Stock Exchange moves to Linux - Computerworld
- NextNav, Qualcomm Partner on Vertical Location; NextNav Merges, Lists on Nasdaq - Inside GNSS
- CrowdStrike Falcon expands Linux protection with enhanced prevention capabilities - ITWeb
- Digi International Announces FIPS 140-2 Validation for Cryptographic Security on All Digi Accelerated Linux Based Solutions - Business Wire
- Dell, Intel, Red Hat, VMware Team on Linux for Health Care - Channel Futures
- Ubuntu: Dell Unveils Alienware Laptop Powered By Canonical's Linux - Channel Futures
- AMD Vega 20 XGMI GPU-to-GPU Interconnect Spied In Linux Driver Patch - HotHardware
- Sisense Brings Power to the Builders With New Cloud-Native Linux Platform, Insights to Everyone With Predictive AI Technology - Newswire :) Press Release Distribution
- Why NVIDIA Just Quietly Unlocked A GPU Feature That Could Boost Graphics Performance - HotHardware
- VA Linux Registers A 698% Price Pop - The Wall Street Journal
- Review: Running Linux on the PS3 - A detailed view of what's out there - HEXUS.net
- Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) Receive a Share Price Boost on the Back of New Acquisitions - Wccftech
- Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) Antivirus Software Flaw Creates Vulnerability To Overflow Bug - marketexclusive.com
- SDG Systems Announces Linux® For The Trimble Yuma 2® - Field Technologies Online
- Linux driver patches indicate AMD is readying integer scaling - Graphics - News - HEXUS.net
- A Linux lovefest / Oracle has a newfound attraction for the open-source software - SFGATE
- Nasdaq on winning streak - Feb. 3, 2000 - CNN
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) Digns Exclusive Deal With ClearCenter To Strengthen SMB - marketexclusive.com
- 1999: Year of the IPO - CNN
- BUSINESS | Linux shares rocket - BBC
- Did You Know? 13 Amazing Facts About Linux That Will Surprise You - Fossbytes

- I Left Windows 11 for Linux—Here’s the Best Distro to Start With - MakeUseOf
- Personal Reflections On Immutable Linux - Hackaday
- Attack Vector Controls Could Be Ready For Linux 6.17 Introduction - Phoronix
- How to install Battle.net on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck for World of Warcraft and Starcraft - GamingOnLinux
- I run these 4 commands first on every fresh Linux install - XDA
- I Use This 17-Year Old Linux App to Easily Back Up My Files - How-To Geek
- How to install Linux on an external SSD - gHacks Technology News
- System76’s Adder WS Linux Laptop Gets Intel Core Ultra i9 and NVIDIA 50 Series - 9to5Linux
- Lenovo readies WMI driver for gaming handhelds with Linux 6.17 - Notebookcheck
- Red Hat sweetens the RHEL deal for biz devs – just don't put it in prod - theregister.com
- Sudo Vulnerability Discovered, May Exposes Linux Systems - Security Magazine
- How a 12-year-old bug in Sudo is still haunting Linux users - csoonline.com
- This Linux distro combines the best parts of Windows and MacOS - and it's gorgeous - ZDNET
- I Use Fedora Linux Daily, but These 3 Things Drive Me Nuts - How-To Geek
- Several major Linux distros hit by serious Sudo security flaws - TechRadar
- Linux's Ascendancy: Charting the Open-Source Surge in the Desktop OS Arena - Linux Journal
- Lossless Scaling Frame Generation has been ported to Linux - VideoCardz.com
- Red Hat introduces Enterprise Linux for Business Developers - Help Net Security
- Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation Lands on Linux, Works on Steam Deck - TechPowerUp
- Linux Kernel Security in 2025: New Features and Emerging Threats - ITPro Today
- 3 things Linux needs to have before I can make the swap - XDA
- TIL the PlayStation 2 Can Run Linux—Here's How It Works - How-To Geek
- Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation for Linux gets upgraded to the latest v3.1 - GamingOnLinux
- Smarter Cache Flushing For AMD SEV KVM Guest VMs Expected For Linux 6.17 - Phoronix
- 4 reasons I still dual-boot Linux, even though WSL is fantastic - XDA
- Improved Debugging Support For AMDGPU Driver Expected For Linux 6.17 - Phoronix
- Lossless Scaling Is Getting Ported to Linux By The Community - Steam Deck HQ
- lsfg-vk aims to bring Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation to Linux - GamingOnLinux
- 4 things Linux still gets wrong for the average user - XDA
- 4 Obscure Linux Apps I Use All the Time - How-To Geek
- Your Daily Phil: War breaks out inside Friends of the IDF - eJewishPhilanthropy
- Linux Foundation CKA, CKAD 30% Discount 2025 - Programming Insider
- I've been gaming on Windows for over 30 years, but now I'm giving Linux a shot - Tom's Hardware
- I tried Linux Mint as a lifelong Windows user, and the customization blew me away - XDA
- Rust Drives A Linux USB Device - Hackaday
- Linux Patched For Transient Scheduler Attacks "TSA" Impacting AMD CPUs - Phoronix
- Linux Kernel 6.14: A Leap Forward in Intel and AMD CPU Support - Linux Journal
- Fedora Linux devs discuss dropping 32-bit packages - potentially bad news for Steam gamers - GamingOnLinux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Business Developers Debuts - Channel Futures
- Linux 6.16-rc5 Released With A Performance Fix, Bcachefs Fixes & New Device Support - Phoronix
- The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive - theregister.com
- Unrailed! gets fixed for Steam Deck and an update for controllers on Linux / macOS - GamingOnLinux
- This Linux distro makes openSUSE accessible to all - even newbies should take a look - ZDNET
- I (almost) fixed this mini PC... by installing Linux - XDA
- Unable to set your monitor as the primary display in Linux? Here's how to fix that - gHacks Technology News
- ExTiX's new release is an even better Windows 11-like Linux desktop - ZDNET
- I've used loads of Linux packagers, but this is by far the best one - XDA
- The Linux Foundation Announces Keynote Speakers for Open Source Summit India 2025 - PR Newswire
- Critical Sudo Vulnerabilities Let Local Users Gain Root Access on Linux, Impacting Major Distros - The Hacker News
- Intel Readies Big Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.17: Multi-Device Prep, SR-IOV, WCL - Phoronix
- REMATCH is out now and works great on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck - GamingOnLinux
- 6 reasons why I use NixOS over any other Linux distro - XDA
- 5 underrated Linux apps I can't live without - XDA
- The mini PC I recommend for Linux users is on sale for $799 during Prime Day - ZDNET
- Linux 6.17 Looks To Drop The pktcdvd Packet Writing CD/DVD Driver - Phoronix
- 4 reasons I switched from X11 to Wayland (and you should too) - XDA
- AMD slips RDNA 3.5 iGPU firmware into Linux - Fudzilla.com
- Simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4 released - GamingOnLinux
- 5 Signs You're Ready to Make the Leap to Arch Linux - How-To Geek
- Btop++: Linux System Monitoring Tool That is Definitely Better than Top - It's FOSS
- Adaptiva Introduces Autonomous Patching for Red Hat Enterprise Linux - PR Newswire
- New Linux udisks flaw lets attackers get root on major Linux distros - BleepingComputer
- New Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Business Developers is available for free - BetaNews
- 5 Ways I Fight Linux’s App Gap and Use All the Software I Need - How-To Geek
- Critical Vulnerability in the Linux Kernel: A New Privilege Escalation - Red Hot Cyber
- Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0.20250702 Brings Many Security Fixes - Phoronix
- OBS Studio 31.1.0 released with Multitrack Video for Linux, explicit sync support for PipeWire - GamingOnLinux
- Closed-Source Meets Open-Source: Microsoft’s Founder Bill Gates and Linux’s Creator Linus Torvalds Cross Paths For The First Time in 50 Years - Wccftech
- Two bugs for Linux Sudo utility patched, one rated critical - SC Media
- 4 things Linux does better than Windows for the average user - XDA
- From Windows to Freedom: How Zorin OS 18 Makes Migrating to Linux Seamless - Linux Journal
- Linux Gaming Improves, Thanks to DXVK 2.7 - extremetech.com
- Linux Operating System Market: Growth, Trends and Competitive Insights - openPR.com
- 6 things I wish I knew about Arch Linux before switching - XDA
- Lumina AI Debuts RCL 2.7.0 with Native Linux Support for GPU-Free Machine Learning - Longview News-Journal
- Red Hat launches free RHEL for business development - Techzine Global
- Bunny Bunker Is Building Its Base On PC, MacOS, And Linux This Month - COGconnected
- New Linux Flaws Enable Full Root Access via PAM and Udisks Across Major Distributions - The Hacker News
- Linux Boot Vulnerability Allows Bypass of Secure Boot Protections on Modern Linux Systems - CyberSecurityNews
- Linux is slowly taking over my life as a PC gamer - XDA
- Lenovo WMI Gaming Series Drivers Expected To Debut In Linux 6.17 - Phoronix
- I Turned a Mini PC Into a Steam Console With Linux - How-To Geek
- I tried Linux Mint as a Windows fanboy and here's how it went - XDA
- Red Hat is giving developers free access to RHEL – here’s what you need to know - IT Pro
- Dune: Awakening is out now and works well on Linux Desktop but rough on Steam Deck - GamingOnLinux
- 5 reasons I prefer Ubuntu Linux instead of Proxmox for my home server - XDA
- I regret switching to Linux, even though I wanted to love it - XDA
- Before Windows 10 goes EOL, I'm testing three alternative Linux distros to save my 6-year-old laptop from the landfill - Tom's Hardware
- Linux users are finally realizing what it takes to help others make the switch - XDA
- 5 must-have VMs I run on Proxmox - XDA
- Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers - Phoronix
- 3 lessons I learned while using Linux as a Windows fanboy - XDA
- PoC Released for Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via udisksd and libblockdev - CyberSecurityNews
- Hone Your Linux Skills With These 6 Free Games - How-To Geek
- 6 Alternative CLI Tools I Immediately Install on Linux - How-To Geek
- I love Linux, so when Windows 10 reaches end of life you might be surprised when I don't tell you to run to it with open arms - Windows Central
- WinApps: Virtualized Windows Apps On Linux, Plus Windowing - Tedium.co
- Linux Boot Vulnerability Lets Attackers Bypass Secure Boot Protections - gbhackers.com
- Every Windows user should keep a live version of Linux handy — here's why - XDA
- I've used Windows all my life, so I dove in the deep end and tried Arch Linux - XDA