In teaching Linux, several of my students especially in rural upstate NY, do not have the computer resources on their home computer to run Linux in a virtual box or some type of VM environment. If Linux desktop was in Packet Tracer, they could practice and do their homework at home. Red River was a presenter on the Northeast ASC prof development meeting today and the one technology he pointed out he heard teachers mention was Linux. He said Linux is important to know. I am seeing it as well especially on security audits that my students are doing on internship