superkret@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-26 days agoOS market share in Top 500 supercomputersfeddit.orgimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1825arrow-down16file-text
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputer_operating_system Author: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benedikt.Seidl Data from: http://top500.org/stats
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-27 days agoIronically, even Microsoft uses Linux in its Azure datacenters, iirc
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoThey use a mixture of Windows and Linux. They do use Linux quite a bit, but they also have a lot of Hyper-V servers.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoTrue. Never meant to say they use Linux exclusively; thanks for clarification anyway!
minus-squareKoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 days agoApple uses both Linux and Windows (not for datacenters) too.
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoGood point. But still, the 30% efficient supercomputer.
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoHeh. I don’t think that number was ever official, but I heard it as well.
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoOh that was hyperbole, I didn’t expect to be taken literally!
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoLol. Well good guess. I’m not a primary source or anything, of course. Your comment just matches something I heard once in office gossip.
Prob Microsoft themselves
Ironically, even Microsoft uses Linux in its Azure datacenters, iirc
They use a mixture of Windows and Linux. They do use Linux quite a bit, but they also have a lot of Hyper-V servers.
True. Never meant to say they use Linux exclusively; thanks for clarification anyway!
Apple uses both Linux and Windows (not for datacenters) too.
Good point.
But still, the 30% efficient supercomputer.
Heh. I don’t think that number was ever official, but I heard it as well.
Oh that was hyperbole, I didn’t expect to be taken literally!
Lol. Well good guess.
I’m not a primary source or anything, of course. Your comment just matches something I heard once in office gossip.