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Old 06-05-2010, 08:30 PM   #1
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LXer: Of the 500 Fastest Supercomputers, 455 Run on Linux


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The biannual list of the fastest supercomputers in the world was released at the beginning of June and unsurprisingly, the vast majority (91 percent, to be exact) run some form of the Linux operating system. The Linux Foundation's Amanda McPherson discussed the positive effect this statistic has on end users by citing that any improvements to Linux made by one of the supercomputer manufacturers got poured back into the kernel.

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It is also rumored that the fastest one (a Cray XT) runs a modified Slackware
 
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It is also rumored that the fastest one (a Cray XT) runs a modified Slackware
really? care to try its KDE4?
 
  


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