The IBM Sequoia, the worlds fastest supercomputer, runs entirely on Linux! Cool. Just way cool.
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Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
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A lot of them do.
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These computers require a specialized OS which Windows doesnt really offer. So they construct their own OS using usually either Linux or Unix. -
IBM had created their own version of Unix called AIX, I'm surprised they don't use that when creating their supercomputers.Comment
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Linux has vastly more developers than IBM can throw at AIX, so they go with the OS that has the largest development team.Comment
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