I'm not sure you'd starve on Linux here in the States. But these big shops
like I work in now are usually dedicated one way or the other. Currently I
work in an outsourced IT dep't at a mfg'er here in Shawnee country. The
desktops, the servers, strictly Windows.

BUT, and that's a big BUT, this company does a lot of linux development
(SUSE 10) for their equipment (inventory and machine tools). That part
is not outsourced to us. My unnamed employer does have a Linux division
from what I understand, but I know little of it at this point. I can't say I'm
going to be happy with this job in a few months once the transition's made
from in-house IT to outsourced IT. There's a lot going on and I was able
to come in and hit the ground running. It's very chaotic and busy. I like
chaos.

I know some IT guys in a couple of local gov'ts and Linux is widely used there.
One young cat is Linux-certified and doing well for a municipality of 250,000.
Also, many ISP's and hosters use it. I suspect it's more widely used there
than you think.