How many times was Linux mentioned by AI?

Linux was mentioned 59 times across all AI models analyzed, representing 38.1% of total mentions.

Which AI models mention Linux?

Linux is mentioned by 4 AI models including Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest), Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest), OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest), X.AI Grok (latest).

What is Linux's ranking among mentioned brands?

Linux ranks #2 out of 120 brands analyzed (with 194 web sources also tracked), with a 38.1% share of voice.

What type of entity is Linux?

Linux is classified as a product.

How is Share of Voice calculated?

Share of Voice = Model Coverage × Quality Score. Model weights are based on Monthly Active Users (OpenAI ChatGPT Latest: 900M MAU, Google Gemini Flash (latest): 650M MAU, Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest): 45M MAU, etc.). Position in results matters - earlier mentions receive higher prominence scores.

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Q: In which questions is Linux mentioned?

Linux appears in 1 question: 1. "What are the best Open Source Projects options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space.".

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About Linux (product)

This page provides details about Linux (product) which was ranked #2 out of 120 in the list of brands (59 mentions (38.1% share)) in answers from AI models (Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest), OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest), X.AI Grok (latest)) when they were asked the following 1 question: "What are the best Open Source Projects options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space." on Dec 30, 2025 by AI Chat Watch.

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Source Links

URL	Mentioned By
codeberg.org
linuxfoundation.org
apache.org
cncf.io
foundation.mozilla.org
kernel.org
ubuntu.com
getfedora.org
debian.org
canonical.com
suse.com
hashicorp.com
lkml.org
tauri.app
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america
events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america
fosdem.org
socallinuxexpo.org
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-europe
pycon.org
events.linuxfoundation.org
githubuniverse.com
reddit.com/r/linux
pythondiscord.com
community.linuxfoundation.org
communityinviter.com/apps/cloud-native/cncf
linuxjournal.com
lwn.net
opensource.com
itsfoss.com
phoronix.com
osawards.com
redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux
reddit.com/r/opensource
opentofu.org
valkey.io
redhat.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
siderolabs.com
talos.dev
events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit
events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon
cncf.io/community
linuxfoundation.org/projects
linux.com
github.com/torvalds/linux
github.com
tidelift.com
github.com/torvalds
events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe
conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/oscon-or
linuxplumbersconf.org
scaleconf.org
linuxfoundation.org/events
lfblog.linuxfoundation.org
github.blog
infoq.com/open-source

Citations from AI Responses

What are the best Open Source Projects options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space.

[...] repositories and integration with Jira and other Atlassian tools. ### **Codeberg** [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org) - A non-profit, community-driven alternative to commercial Git hosting platforms, focused on privacy and independence. ## Major Open Source Foundations and Organizations ### **The Linux Foundation** [Linux Foundation](https://www.linuxfoundation.org) - Supports the creation of sustainable open source ecosystems through financial and intellectual resources. Hosts over 750 projects including Linux, Kubernetes, and Node.js. ### **Apache Software Foundation (ASF)** [Apache Software F [...]

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[...] tegration with Jira and other Atlassian tools. ### **Codeberg** [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org) - A non-profit, community-driven alternative to commercial Git hosting platforms, focused on privacy and independence. ## Major Open Source Foundations and Organizations ### **The Linux Foundation** [Linux Foundation](https://www.linuxfoundation.org) - Supports the creation of sustainable open source ecosystems through financial and intellectual resources. Hosts over 750 projects including Linux, Kubernetes, and Node.js. ### **Apache Software Foundation (ASF)** [Apache Software Foundation](https://w [...]

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[...] ivacy and independence. ## Major Open Source Foundations and Organizations ### **The Linux Foundation** [Linux Foundation](https://www.linuxfoundation.org) - Supports the creation of sustainable open source ecosystems through financial and intellectual resources. Hosts over 750 projects including Linux, Kubernetes, and Node.js. ### **Apache Software Foundation (ASF)** [Apache Software Foundation](https://www.apache.org) - Provides organizational, legal, and financial support for over 350 open source projects including Apache HTTP Server, Hadoop, and Kafka. ### **Cloud Native Computing Foundatio [...]

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[...] ndation (ASF)** [Apache Software Foundation](https://www.apache.org) - Provides organizational, legal, and financial support for over 350 open source projects including Apache HTTP Server, Hadoop, and Kafka. ### **Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)** [CNCF](https://www.cncf.io) - Part of the Linux Foundation, hosts critical cloud-native projects like Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy. ### **Mozilla Foundation** [Mozilla](https://foundation.mozilla.org) - Champions open-source software and internet freedom, maintaining Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client. ### **Free Software Founda [...]

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[...] opment tools, IoT, and cloud technologies. ### **Python Software Foundation** [Python Software Foundation](https://www.python.org/psf-landing/) - Manages the development and community around the Python programming language. ## Leading Open Source Projects by Category ### **Operating Systems** **Linux Kernel** [Linux Kernel](https://www.kernel.org) - The core of most server infrastructure and Android devices worldwide. **Ubuntu** [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com) - Popular Linux distribution by Canonical, known for user-friendliness and enterprise support. **Fedora** [Fedora](https://getfedora.org) [...]

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[...] (5) clear licensing (typically [OSI](https://opensource.org/)-approved; see [OSI Licenses](https://opensource.org/licenses)). Many teams also track license identifiers via [SPDX](https://spdx.dev/). --- ## Leading open-source projects (by category) ### Operating systems & core infrastructure - [Linux (kernel)](https://www.kernel.org/) — foundation for most servers, containers, Android, etc. - [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/) (by [Canonical](https://canonical.com/)) — popular Linux distribution for cloud/dev. - [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) — community-run, stability-focused distro powering man [...]

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[...] ttps://spdx.dev/). --- ## Leading open-source projects (by category) ### Operating systems & core infrastructure - [Linux (kernel)](https://www.kernel.org/) — foundation for most servers, containers, Android, etc. - [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/) (by [Canonical](https://canonical.com/)) — popular Linux distribution for cloud/dev. - [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) — community-run, stability-focused distro powering many others. - [Fedora](https://fedoraproject.org/) (sponsored by [Red Hat](https://www.redhat.com/)) — upstream innovation (often ahead of enterprise distros). - [FreeBSD](https://www [...]

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[...] .envoyproxy.io/) — high-performance proxy, common in service mesh/API gateways. ### Infrastructure as Code & configuration management - [Ansible](https://www.ansible.com/) (by [Red Hat](https://www.redhat.com/)) — automation/configuration management. - [OpenTofu](https://opentofu.org/) (under the [Linux Foundation](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/)) — open-source Terraform-compatible IaC (noting the Terraform licensing change at [HashiCorp](https://www.hashicorp.com/)). - [Packer](https://www.packer.io/) (by [HashiCorp](https://www.hashicorp.com/)) — image building (check current licensing for you [...]

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[...] ps://www.apache.org/)) — distributed wide-column store. - [ClickHouse](https://clickhouse.com/) — popular open-source columnar OLAP database. - [DuckDB](https://duckdb.org/) — in-process analytics database (great for local/embedded OLAP). - (Key-value/cache) [Valkey](https://valkey.io/) (under the [Linux Foundation](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/)) — prominent community fork in the Redis ecosystem after licensing changes elsewhere. ### Messaging & streaming - [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) (Apache) — streaming platform/event backbone. - [RabbitMQ](https://www.rabbitmq.com/) — message [...]

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[...] ration. - [Mattermost](https://mattermost.com/) — self-hostable team chat (open-core). --- ## Top companies & service providers (major “brands” in open source) These organizations either steward major projects, sell enterprise distros, or provide managed services around open source: - Enterprise Linux & support: [Red Hat](https://www.redhat.com/), [Canonical](https://canonical.com/), [SUSE](https://www.suse.com/) - Cloud/managed OSS platforms: [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://aws.amazon.com/), [Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/), [Microsoft Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/) - Open-so [...]

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[...] e backbone of modern computing, powering everything from cloud infrastructure to mobile devices. Below is a comprehensive overview of the current landscape. ### 1. Leading Brands and Products Open-source projects are generally categorized by their utility in the stack: * **Operating Systems:** [Linux Kernel](https://www.kernel.org/) remains the gold standard. Popular distributions include [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/) and [Fedora](https://getfedora.org/). * **Cloud & Infrastructure:** [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/) for container orchestration and [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) for co [...]

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[...] ined by Meta) and [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) (maintained by Vercel). ### 2. Top Companies and Service Providers These entities contribute significantly to open source while providing enterprise-grade support. * **Red Hat:** The leader in enterprise open source, known for [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux). * **HashiCorp:** Provides critical infrastructure tools like [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/) (though some licenses have recently shifted to [BSL](https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-adopts-business-sourc [...]

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[...] rp.com/blog/hashicorp-adopts-business-source-license)). * **Databricks:** Founded by the creators of [Apache Spark](https://spark.apache.org/). * **Canonical:** The company behind [Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/). ### 3. Recognized Experts and Thought Leaders * **Linus Torvalds:** Creator of Linux and Git. [Linux Foundation Profile](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/). * **Kelsey Hightower:** A prominent voice in cloud native and Kubernetes. [Twitter/X Profile](https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower). * **Mitchell Hashimoto:** Founder of HashiCorp. [Personal Site](https://mitchellh.com/). * [...]

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[...] icorp-adopts-business-source-license)). * **Databricks:** Founded by the creators of [Apache Spark](https://spark.apache.org/). * **Canonical:** The company behind [Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/). ### 3. Recognized Experts and Thought Leaders * **Linus Torvalds:** Creator of Linux and Git. [Linux Foundation Profile](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/). * **Kelsey Hightower:** A prominent voice in cloud native and Kubernetes. [Twitter/X Profile](https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower). * **Mitchell Hashimoto:** Founder of HashiCorp. [Personal Site](https://mitchellh.com/). * **Veni Kunche:* [...]

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[...] rk for code. [GitHub Explore](https://github.com/explore). * **Stack Overflow:** For technical troubleshooting. [Stack Overflow Open Source Tag](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/open-source). * **Reddit:** Communities such as [r/opensource](https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/) and [r/linux](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/). * **The Apache Software Foundation:** Home to many top-level projects. [Apache.org](https://www.apache.org/). ### 7. Influential Publications and Media * **The New Stack:** Deep technical coverage of the ecosystem. [The New Stack](https://thenewstack.io/). * [...]

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[...] ds and Products (Top Projects by Popularity and Impact) These are flagship open source projects with massive adoption. Ranked loosely by GitHub stars and ecosystem size: | Project | Description | Key Metrics/Source | Official Link | |---------|-------------|-------------------|---------------| | **Linux Kernel** | Core OS kernel powering servers, Android, and supercomputers. | 180k+ stars; [GitHub](https://github.com/torvalds/linux) | [kernel.org](https://www.kernel.org/) | | **Kubernetes** | Container orchestration platform (CNCF project). | 110k+ stars; used by 96% of orgs per [CNCF Survey 2023] [...]

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[...] de hosting/tools, or commercial support: | Company/Provider | Role | Key Offerings | Official Link | |------------------|------|---------------|---------------| | **GitHub (Microsoft)** | Code hosting, CI/CD. | Hosts 100M+ repos | [github.com](https://github.com) | | **Red Hat (IBM)** | Enterprise Linux/support. | RHEL, OpenShift | [redhat.com](https://www.redhat.com/) | | **Canonical** | Ubuntu Linux distro/cloud. | [ubuntu.com](https://ubuntu.com/) | | **GitLab** | DevOps platform. | Self-hosted alternative to GitHub | [about.gitlab.com](https://about.gitlab.com/) | | **Elastic** | Search/observ [...]

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[...] | |------------------|------|---------------|---------------| | **GitHub (Microsoft)** | Code hosting, CI/CD. | Hosts 100M+ repos | [github.com](https://github.com) | | **Red Hat (IBM)** | Enterprise Linux/support. | RHEL, OpenShift | [redhat.com](https://www.redhat.com/) | | **Canonical** | Ubuntu Linux distro/cloud. | [ubuntu.com](https://ubuntu.com/) | | **GitLab** | DevOps platform. | Self-hosted alternative to GitHub | [about.gitlab.com](https://about.gitlab.com/) | | **Elastic** | Search/observability (Elastic Stack). | [elastic.co](https://www.elastic.co/) | | **HashiCorp** | Infrastructure [...]

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[...] elf-hosted alternative to GitHub | [about.gitlab.com](https://about.gitlab.com/) | | **Elastic** | Search/observability (Elastic Stack). | [elastic.co](https://www.elastic.co/) | | **HashiCorp** | Infrastructure (Terraform; acquired by IBM). | [hashicorp.com](https://www.hashicorp.com/) | | **CNCF (Linux Foundation)** | Cloud-native (Kubernetes ecosystem). | [cncf.io](https://www.cncf.io/) | Services: [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors), [Tidelift](https://tidelift.com/) for maintenance. #### Recognized Experts and Thought Leaders Influential figures driving open source (links to offic [...]

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[...] com/sponsors), [Tidelift](https://tidelift.com/) for maintenance. #### Recognized Experts and Thought Leaders Influential figures driving open source (links to official profiles/GitHub): | Expert | Contributions | Profile/Source | |--------|---------------|----------------| | **Linus Torvalds** | Linux creator. | [github.com/torvalds](https://github.com/torvalds) | | **Guido van Rossum** | Python creator. | [github.com/gvanrossum](https://github.com/gvanrossum); [python.org/~guido](https://www.python.org/~guido/) | | **Kent Beck** | Agile/TDD; Extreme Programming. | [github.com/kentbeck](https:// [...]

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