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ODSI Launch Showcase : Digital Sovereignty in Africa
July 30, 2026 Virtual event (global) Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is proud to support the ODSI Launch Showcase, the inaugural event of the Open Digital Sovereignty Initiative (ODSI). ODSI exists to make Africa’s open source ecosystem visible, to itself and ... Read more
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Linux Professional Institute Launches Linux Essentials 2.0 Beta Exam
Toronto, 2026-07-06 — Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the global certification standard and career support organization for open source professionals, is pleased to announce the beta release of the updated Linux Essentials 2.0 exam. As LPI’s most popular entry-level certificate, Linux ... Read more
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LPI at the UN: Enabling FOSS Ecosystems Globally
The UN Tech Over Hackathon, the opening event of UN Open Source Week 2026, concluded on June 22 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Linux Professional Institute (LPI) participated as one of the co-organizers and sponsors of the hackathon, ... Read more
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The most interesting projects in the world run on Linux.
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Linux runs everywhere at SpaceX
SpaceX as a company strongly believes in making humans into multi-planetary species. A mars colony is the goal, but in order to get there you need rockets and spaceships” – Robert Rose, Lead for the avionics flight software team at SpaceX
U.S. Air Traffic Control relies on Linux
Because Linux is the most reliable when unreliability isn’t an option.
The Internet Archive runs on Linux
The Internet Archive uses hundreds of x86 servers to catalogue the internet, with all of them running Linux.
International space station ditches Windows for Linux
“We migrated key functions from Windows to Linux because we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable” – Keith Chuvala, United Space Alliance
NASA’s Curiosity Rover is remotely controlled with a Linux computer
Linux is preferred amongst scientists on earth, so it’s not surprising it’s preferred on Mars.
Hollywood runs on Linux
It’s hard to find a large studio that doesn’t rely on Linux as its primary animation and special effects OS
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