Find your path to open collaboration.
The future is open.
9 out of 10 of the world’s supercomputers run on Linux 1.3 Million Android phones running Linux are activated daily
Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Amazon are all powered by Linux
Most of the nearly 600,000 TVs sold every day run on Linux 8 out of 10 financial trades are powered by Linux
Linux powers the International Space Station
Linux powers air traffic control systems
The One Laptop Per Child initiative uses Linux-based computers
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Linux powers the technology in new cars like Tesla and Cadillac
The future is ours to create. And open collaboration lets us build it together. More than 20 years ago, Linus Torvalds sparked an open source revolution. But the future of the movement belongs to you. Not just you as a user. But you as a creator, a producer, and most of all, a collaborator.
The Linux Foundation is here to help.
By supporting the community and fostering collaboration on a truly massive scale, The Linux Foundation helps unite thousands of curious minds in the free and open exchange of ideas. And now we’re expanding the collaborative DNA of Linux into new industries and projects, like biomedical research and mobile R&D. With the power of this collective wisdom, people everywhere are using Linux to solve harder problems, innovate faster than ever, and change the way the world works together.
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Get an inside guide to the Linux community. To navigate the ever-changing landscape of Linux, it helps to have someone who can point you in the right direction. That’s where The Linux Foundation comes in. From new member mentoring programs to strategy consulting, we’re here to guide you through the labyrinth of open source opportunities—so you can make the most of your Linux investment. But it’s not just about making Linux work for you. It’s about making it work for everyone. As the protector of all things Linux, and the employer of Linus Torvalds himself, The Linux Foundation sustains the vital work of the kernel development community and ensures the neutrality of key developers. With technical, legal and promotional programs that keep Linux thriving, we’re making sure that Linux stays free and open, so we can all help grow the future of the platform.
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Open collaboration best practices
Open source compliance
Linux ecosystem companies
Open source training
Industry distributions and tools Linux kernel community
Upstream projects
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Promote, protect, and advance Linux
Build collaborative projectS
Help us support the Linux community, defend potential threats to the platform, and ensure the neutrality of key Linux kernel developers, so Linux will continue to thrive for decades to come.
Participate in large-scale, industry-wide innovation by joining a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project or starting one of your own.
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Attend events
Get training
Choose from more than 20 Linux Foundation events worldwide each year to grow your open source skills, build your community connections, and recruit top talent.
Build an in-house team of Linux and cloud computing rockstars with our comprehensive, vendorneutral training programs for sysadmins and developers.
Collaborate and create with us. Just like the Linux platform itself, our Linux Foundation programs are intrinsically designed for flexibility. Whether you want to boost your open source compliance know-how, meet with top Linux developers from around the world, or help staff build their Linux chops, your opportunities to get involved are literally wide open. And when you’re ready to tap into the ever-expanding world of open innovation, we make it easy for you to dive right in. With our Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects, you can join some of the biggest names in computing as you participate in groundbreaking collaborative development across industries and ecosystems. You can even start your own project to collaborate with peers, competitors, and the entire open source community. It’s your chance to harness the wisdom of the crowd—and invent the future.
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How will you invent with Linux? Linux is an unstoppable, unpredictable force. And that’s part of its power. Where it goes next won’t be determined by a few brilliant or powerful people. And it certainly won’t be determined by a single corporation. Its future will be determined by all of us. From the vast open source community to the smaller inner circle of Linux Foundation members, we’re all working together to dream up solutions we could have never imagined on our own. And we can’t wait to see what you contribute.
Join us.
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