The Linux Foundation’s Facebook page surpassed 100,000 fans this month and to celebrate we awarded one of our most loyal fans with a $100 gift certificate to the Linux.com store and a free pass to LinuxCon North America or LinuxCon Europe.

Often we try and remain very focused on our goals and work hard to avoid distractions.

How can Linux beginners land jobs? How can Linux pros attract recruiter attention? Will demand for Linux SysAdmins stay strong? Dice Managing Director Alice Hill answers these questions and more about the 2013 Linux Jobs Report.

Jobs again this year were a major theme in the State of the Union address with the President saying that we must train our students for the jobs of tomorrow. Guess what? Those jobs of tomorrow are Linux jobs. Maybe the President didn't realize he was talking about Linux, but we know that Linux is supporting the computing infrastructure that makes our 21st century lives possible. From the phones we use to the websites we frequent to the cars we drive, Linux is running it all. And nothing underscores this fact more than year-over-year demand for Linux talent to support its pervasiveness in every day life.