Rune.K
14th November 2011, 20:34
Summary: Linux is tiny on desktops, powerful on servers, mighty on Web servers, and rules over all on supercomputers.
The faster a computer goes, the more likely is to have Linux at its heart. The most recent Top500 list of supercomputers (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/top-10-supercomputers-hold-position-intel-ibm-nvidia-shine/63342) shows that, if anything, Linux is becoming even more popular at computing’s high end.
In the latest Top500 Supercomputer list (http://www.top500.org/lists/2011/11/press-release), you’ll find when you dig into the supercomputer statistics (http://i.top500.org/stats) that Linux runs 457 of the world’s fastest computers. That’s 91.4%. Linux is followed by Unix, with 30 or 6%; mixed operating systems with 11 supercomputers, 2.2%. In the back of the line, you’ll find OpenSolaris and BSD with 1 computer and–oh me, oh my–Windows also with just 1 supercomputer to its credit. That’s a drop from 4 in the last supercomputer round up in June (http://i.top500.org/stats/details/osfam/2).
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4144
The fastest computer in the world,
Japan's K Computer, runs Linux
Läs mer här. (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/where-linux-crushes-windows-likes-a-bug-supercomputers/9890)
The faster a computer goes, the more likely is to have Linux at its heart. The most recent Top500 list of supercomputers (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/top-10-supercomputers-hold-position-intel-ibm-nvidia-shine/63342) shows that, if anything, Linux is becoming even more popular at computing’s high end.
In the latest Top500 Supercomputer list (http://www.top500.org/lists/2011/11/press-release), you’ll find when you dig into the supercomputer statistics (http://i.top500.org/stats) that Linux runs 457 of the world’s fastest computers. That’s 91.4%. Linux is followed by Unix, with 30 or 6%; mixed operating systems with 11 supercomputers, 2.2%. In the back of the line, you’ll find OpenSolaris and BSD with 1 computer and–oh me, oh my–Windows also with just 1 supercomputer to its credit. That’s a drop from 4 in the last supercomputer round up in June (http://i.top500.org/stats/details/osfam/2).
...
4144
The fastest computer in the world,
Japan's K Computer, runs Linux
Läs mer här. (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/where-linux-crushes-windows-likes-a-bug-supercomputers/9890)