This OS quietly powers all AI - and most future IT jobs, too

"Modern AI began with open source, and it ran on Linux. Today, Linux isn't just important for artificial intelligence; it's the foundation upon which today's entire modern AI stack runs. From hyperscale training clusters down to edge inference boxes, it's all Linux from top to bottom. AI's magic tricks are really the aggregate output of very prosaic infrastructure: supercomputers, GPU farms, and cloud clusters that almost all run some flavor of Linux."

"The core machine-learning frameworks -- TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and friends -- were all developed and tuned first on Linux. Tooling around these tools, from Jupyter and Anaconda to Docker and Kubernetes, is similarly optimized for Linux. Why IT jobs will live and die on Linux Why? Because it's on Linux where researchers and production engineers actually deploy AI. Future IT jobs will live and die on Linux."

Linux powers the entire modern AI stack, from hyperscale training clusters to edge inference devices. Core machine-learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn were developed and tuned first on Linux. Tooling including Jupyter, Anaconda, Docker, and Kubernetes is optimized for Linux, and GPU drivers, libraries, and orchestration rely on Linux distributions. Canonical and Red Hat are building Nvidia Vera Rubin–specific Linux distros, and the Linux kernel is being tuned for AI and ML workloads. The AI ecosystem's standardization on Linux increases demand for Linux-skilled IT roles and reshapes job responsibilities rather than eliminating them.

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