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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- IBM Launches Compact z17 and LinuxONE Systems to Address Data Center Space and Cost Constraints - IBM Newsroom
- Alpha Compute CEO Brittany Kaiser to Headline Linux Foundation's Confidential Computing Summit 2026 - GlobeNewswire
- Advanced Micro Devices Retreats After a 7% Rally: Can the Linux CIQ Partnership Keep AMD Competitive? - 24/7 Wall St.
- Stocks making big moves yesterday: GoDaddy, Micron, AMN Healthcare Services, Tesla, and Broadcom - The Globe and Mail
- Voyager and Red Hat Propel Red Hat Enterprise Linux into Orbit with Space Edge Micro Datacenters - Business Wire
- NVIDIA's New Job Postings Reveal A Big Push To Boost Gaming Performance On Linux - HotHardware
- Micware, Automotive Software and Navigation Provider, Files for NASDAQ IPO - TradingView
- France Announces Government Linux Migration Strategy to Reduce U.S. Tech Dependence - MLQ.ai
- Decentralized Chip Design: Miners reclaiming hardware control - CoinGeek
- Prediction: 1 Stock That'll Be Worth More Than Oracle 5 Years From Now - The Motley Fool
- Red Hat Inc Stock: A Complete History of RHT - Bitget
- Open‑Source Layer Brings NVIDIA Reflex and AMD Anti‑Lag 2 to Any GPU on Linux - HotHardware
- Sonatype and Package Registry Leaders Unite to Address Open Source Sustainability Crisis - GlobeNewswire
- Open Source Technology Careers Become More Lucrative as Open Source Software Becomes Dominant and Talent Gaps Persist - Linux Foundation
- Arm Holdings (ARM), Red Hat Expand Collaboration for Agentic AI Stack - Yahoo Finance
- IBM and Red Hat Commit $5 Billion to Redefine the Future of Open Source in the AI Era - IBM Newsroom
- This PS5 Linux Tool Turns Sony's Console Into a Linux-Powered Gaming PC - HotHardware
- CyberArk Helps Modernize Identity and Access Management for Linux Machines With New Identity Bridge Capability - Business Wire
- Alibaba, DCHQ, MediaTek, PayPal and Wuhan Deepin Technology Join Linux Foundation - Linux Foundation
- 📈 Cerebras and the IPO pop - exponentialview.co
- Digi International Announces FIPS 140-3 Validation for Cryptographic Security on Digi Accelerated Linux-Based Solutions - Business Wire
- Google Chrome Is Finally Getting Native ARM64 Support On Linux - HotHardware
- BSV joins Linux Foundation to advance open standards - CoinGeek
- Accenture Joins Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) to Help Shape Ecosystem Focused on Making Pervasive Networks a Reality - Accenture
- Intel Alder Lake Benchmarks Show Linux Running Circles Around Windows 11 - HotHardware
- NVIDIA Brings GeForce NOW To Linux And Fire TV With RTX 5080‑Class Cloud Gaming - HotHardware
- CrowdStrike Falcon expands Linux protection with enhanced prevention capabilities - ITWeb
- PEAK:AIO and Los Alamos National Laboratory Launch Lattice - GlobeNewswire
- 12 Things You See Every Day That Wouldn't Exist Without Linux - Business Insider
- 12 Unexpected Things That Exist Because Of Linux - Business Insider
- Digi International Announces FIPS 140-2 Validation for Cryptographic Security on All Digi Accelerated Linux Based Solutions - Business Wire
- IBM shrinks mainframe footprint with new z17 and LinuxONE 5 options - Stock Titan
- SAP and Red Hat Deepen Partnership to Power SAP Software Workloads with Red Hat Enterprise Linux - SAP News Center
- Bill Gates Finally Meets Linux Creator Linus Torvalds At Microsoft Exec's Dinner, Decades After Powering Rival Operating Systems - Sahm
- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Benchmark Battle Pits Windows 11 Against Ubuntu Linux - HotHardware
- Red Hat Achieves Common Criteria Security Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 - Bobsguide
- AI Simulation Leader Cosmo Tech Appoints Andre M. Boisvert as Lead Independent Director - Business Wire
- Opera GX finally lands on Linux with RAM limiters, VPN and ad blockers - PPC Land
- Google Will Enable Android Phones With Ability To Run Debian Linux Soon - HotHardware
- HP Releases A Supercharged AMD Ryzen Laptop For Linux Developers - HotHardware
- SUSE and Industry Leaders Deliver Secure Agentic AI for Infrastructure Management - GlobeNewswire
- Ticker Is A Terminal Stock Watcher And Position Tracker (With Cryptocurrency Support) - linuxuprising.com
- VA Linux Registers A 698% Price Pop - WSJ
- Logitech Unveils New M720 Triathlon Multi-Device Mouse - news.logitech.com
- Aptiv and NVIDIA team up to support edge AI in robots and cars - Stock Titan
- Latest Release of Stratus’ Linux-Based Fault Tolerance and Virtualization Software Increases Edge Infrastructure Capabilities - Business Wire
- Red Hat company profile - WRAL
- Intel Thread Director Is Headed To Linux For A Major Boost In Alder Lake Performance - HotHardware
- AMD Sienna Cichlid GPU support added to Radeon Linux driver - Graphics - News - HEXUS.net
- Steam Play Linux compatibility list grows a hundredfold - PC - News - HEXUS.net
- LLNXF Price History for Link Linux Stock - Barchart.com
- IBM Launches Compact z17 and LinuxONE Systems - TechPowerUp
- Review: Running Linux on the PS3 - A detailed view of what's out there - HEXUS.net
- Investors flock to tech stocks with "the Linux effect" - CBC
- Did You Know? 13 Amazing Facts About Linux That Will Surprise You - Fossbytes
- 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
- BlackRock warns that quantum computing is coming for your crypto - Mugglehead Investment Magazine
- MIDDAY MARKETS: Techs shine in merger Monday - CNET
- 10 years gone: The VA Linux Systems IPO - CNET
- Alpha Compute to host earnings call for fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 - scanx.trade
- BUSINESS | Linux shares rocket - BBC
- Microsoft Stock Slips as GOG Eyes Linux Release to Escape Windows’ ‘Poor-Quality Software and Product’ - TipRanks
- “A Step Change in How Silicon…Will Get Built in the Future.” Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Gains With Plans to Assist Terafab - TipRanks
- Intel Stock (NASDAQ:INTC) Gains as It Considers Long-Term Bets - TipRanks

- Security News This Week: AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years - WIRED
- Raspberry Pi 5 IOMMU Driver Being Worked On For The Mainline Linux Kernel - Phoronix
- These 5 open-source apps are Windows-only, and Linux users are missing out - How-To Geek
- I tested COSMIC's new Frosted Glass effect, and it's way better than MacOS' Liquid Glass - ZDNET
- I installed Microsoft's own Linux distro and immediately understood why it exists - MakeUseOf
- Sega Dreamcast driver fixes appear in Linux 7.2-rc3 — fabled console remains in favor while iconic computing architectures like i486 fall by the wayside - Tom's Hardware
- Visor Is a New Graphical UEFI Boot Manager for Linux - Linuxiac
- Microsoft makes Windows Subsystem for Linux more stable with architecture tweak - Neowin
- Heavy Metal Death Can is a retro survival horror set on a Cold War–era submarine - now on Linux - GamingOnLinux
- 8 Linux Handheld Computers You Can Splurge On - It's FOSS
- Linux Foundation Announces Operational Launch of x402 Foundation to Standardize Internet-Native Payments for AI Agents and Applications - PR Newswire
- Linux Dealing With Apple's Wild Mess Of Sensors On Apple Silicon SoCs - Phoronix
- Linux Foundation Announces Intent to Launch Open Health Stack Software Foundation to Advance Open Source Digital Health Innovation - Linux Foundation
- Engineer shoves Linux peg through Sega 32X-shaped hole - The Register
- I'm a Windows user who installed Linux for the first time - here's how the experience changed me - ZDNET
- Putting Linux on the classic Atari Jaguar console - Adafruit
- You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went - OSnews
- No one knows how many old shims can still bypass UEFI Secure Boot - Help Net Security
- Agent identity gets a DNS anchor – how GoDaddy built the Agent Name Service, then gave it to the Linux Foundation - Diginomica
- Ka-Ro QS93 and QS95 solder-down modules come with Linux evaluation boards - LinuxGizmos.com
- Linux Foundation's Latest Foray Is To Standardize Internet-Native Payments For AI Agents - Phoronix
- I've used Linux for 30 years - here's how I'd rank DistroWatch's top 10 - ZDNET
- Linux Kernel Graphics Driver Proposed For GlandaGPU: An Open-Source Soft GPU Core - Phoronix
- Linux 7.2-rc3 Released: Close To The "New Normal" - Phoronix
- Linux 7.2-rc3 Bringing Fixes For The SEGA Dreamcast Drivers In 2026 - Phoronix
- Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes - Ars Technica
- Linux Mint vs Ubuntu: This is the better option for Linux newcomers in 2026 - How-To Geek
- I've tested many portable Linux distros, but PorteuX is the one I keep on my USB drive - ZDNET
- Lossless Scaling benchmarked in Linux on a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and Radeon RX 6600 in 4K - GameGPU
- Linux Foundation Announces Intent to Launch Agent Name Service to Establish Trusted Identity Infrastructure for AI Agents - Linux Foundation
- Modernizing the Meta Ads Service With an Open-Source Kernel Scheduler - Engineering at Meta
- Linux Foundation to launch new AI initiative for open source digital health transformation - Healthcare IT News
- Linux Mint Now Considers Wayland Stable - It's FOSS
- Linux 7.2 Enabling UltraRISC RISC-V Support In The Default Kernel Build - Phoronix
- 15-Year-Old GhostLock Flaw Enables Root and Container Escape on Most Linux Distros - The Hacker News
- Intel IGC 2.38.2 Brings Latest Round Of Graphics Compiler Improvements - Phoronix
- Intel Vulkan Driver Now Supports H.265 10-bit Video Encoding - Phoronix
- They promised Linux Mint could replace Windows—here's 3 ways it falls short - How-To Geek
- Linux Foundation and Industry Leaders Launch Akrites to Defend Critical Open Source Software Against AI-Enabled Cyber Threats - Linux Foundation
- The best app for Linux handhelds is now on Android - Android Authority
- Qualcomm Linux 2.0 available now: delivering on the promise of open, unified IoT development - Qualcomm
- I Mined and Built My Way Through Space Haven - It's FOSS
- These 5 distros prove that Linux isn’t immune to bloatware - How-To Geek
- Realtek RTL8723BS WiFi Linux Driver Hardened Against Malicious WiFi Access Points - Phoronix
- I tried going back to Windows, but these Linux features keep me from returning - XDA
- After 30 years with Linux, here's my way of convincing Windows users to switch - ZDNET
- Azure Linux 4.0 Released: Microsoft Expands Its Enterprise Linux Platform Beyond the Cloud - Linux Journal
- 6 distros that prove Linux is the future of desktop PCs - Yahoo Tech
- Microsoft stopped fighting Linux—now it's building it - How-To Geek
- Linux Mint’s Cinnamon 6.8 Desktop Environment Will Fully Support Wayland - 9to5Linux
- I turned my Android phone into a Linux desktop with a tool buried in Android 16 - MakeUseOf
- 5 weird devices that can run Linux (even though they shouldn't) - How-To Geek
- New "Bad Epoll" Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Gain Root, Hits Android - The Hacker News
- Claude desktop app for Linux enters beta – here’s how to try it - OMG! Ubuntu
- CLI apps aren't just for Linux—these 5 run fine on Windows too - How-To Geek
- I benchmarked my gaming PC on Windows vs Linux, and the difference was bigger than I expected - MakeUseOf
- Normal-looking Linux 7.2-rc3 lands with fixes for SEGA Dreamcast driver - Neowin
- Linux 7.2 will now run even better on your Sega Dreamcast - XDA
- Debian 13.6 “Trixie” Released with 124 Bug Fixes and 120 Security Updates - 9to5Linux
- Linux Mint vs. RefreshOS: I compared the two best distros for new users - this one's better - ZDNET
- DLSS Updater 4.3.0 for Linux has "grown into a full Proton Upscalers panel" - GamingOnLinux
- AI discovers Linux bug that went unnoticed for 15 years - Cybernews
- OpenMandriva Linux says contributor tried to sabotage the project - BleepingComputer
- Linux Foundation Launches Appia Foundation to Establish Standardized Conformity Specifications Across the AI Value Chain - Linux Foundation
- Linux 7.3 Expected To "Flatten The Pick" For Better Scheduling While Gaming & More - Phoronix
- Linux Fu: Upcycling An Old Router - Hackaday
- KDE Linux Introduces "Developer Mode" Option, Easier Log Collection - Phoronix
- The most ambitious Linux alternative in years isn't Linux at all - MakeUseOf
- ‘DirtyClone’ Linux Kernel Vulnerability Leads to Root Access - SecurityWeek
- Proposed Linux Patch For A Brief Delay To Match PCI Spec Will Hopefully Address Some Bugs - Phoronix
- Rocky Linux Ships Januscape Patch: Two KVM CVEs Required for Full Protection - Tech Times
- Linux Prepares For New USB-C Security Feature On Lenovo ThinkPads - Phoronix
- Linux Foundation Announces OpenSharing Project to Standardize AI Asset and Data Exchange - Linux Foundation
- Hannah Montana Linux gets modern remaster after nearly two decades — ‘Sweet niblets,’ new v26 is built on Debian with a re-skin of KDE Plasma - Tom's Hardware
- New Linux Foundation Report Finds AI is Driving Positive Tech Hiring Trends in Europe Amid Growing Security and Skills Gaps - Linux Foundation
- Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 53: The Rabbit's Foot - GamingOnLinux
- How Lindows almost destroyed Microsoft's Windows trademark - How-To Geek
- I tested the top 5 Linux distros on DistroWatch—here’s how I rank them - How-To Geek
- Is it time to start using Linux? - disconnect.blog
- I've used Linux for 30 years - 4 frustrations remain, including 2 that push me back to MacOS - ZDNET
- AI Agent Discovers 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Bug Named GhostLock - gHacks
- 16-Year-Old Linux KVM Flaw Lets Guest VMs Escape to Host on Intel and AMD x86 Systems - The Hacker News
- Valve fix up Marvel Rivals on SteamOS / Linux with Proton Hotfix - GamingOnLinux
- New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets - The Hacker News
- My Lil Afterlife Will Arrive on Windows and Linux Later This Month - COGconnected
- I stopped using beginner Linux distros, and my workflow finally made sense - How-To Geek
- Microsoft previews Linux containers that run in Windows - The Register
- Linux & Fingerprint Readers: A Tough Combination - Tedium.co
- Linux Mint Cinnamon is finally Wayland ready - GamingOnLinux
- New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries - The Hacker News
- Cyber researchers sound alarm over a 15-year-old Linux kernel flaw – 'GhostLock' could let hackers seize unpatched machines in just five seconds - IT Pro
- No, Windows did not fall below 60% market share or lose 20 points to Linux - Windows Latest
- First Look at COSMIC Desktop Environment’s Frosted Glass Effect - 9to5Linux
- Fields of Mistria Migrates to New Engine and Adds Support for Linux and SteamOS - GameGrin
- SteamOS tricked me into switching to Linux, and I'm not going back - XDA
- Subnautica 2 is looking good on Desktop Linux, it's okay on Steam Deck with caveats - GamingOnLinux
- The best Linux distro for Windows escapees will fully support Wayland - XDA
- Linux 7.2-rc1 Released: "Things Look Reasonably Normal" While Landing AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL, AMD ISP4 & CAS - Phoronix
- ChatGPT won’t fully recommend Steam OS – in fact it suggests another Linux distro - PC Guide
- Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.2 Release Candidate - 9to5Linux