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InfoWorld: Panelists Call For Lightweight Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 7, 2004

“Linux users and distributors were divided on the question of
whether Linux distributions should become simpler or more complex
during a panel discussion on the future of Linux cluster
distributions that took place here at the ClusterWorld Conference
& Expo here Tuesday.

“In the last few years, clusters of commodity computer systems
running the Linux operating system have come to dominate the world
of high performance computing, once the exclusive domain of
proprietary vendors like Cray Inc…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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