Where Linux crushes Windows likes a bug: Supercomputers | Linux Today

Where Linux crushes Windows likes a bug: Supercomputers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 16, 2011

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link.
]

The faster a computer goes, the more likely is to have
Linux at its heart. The most recent Top500 list of supercomputers
shows that, if anything, Linux is becoming even more popular at
computing’s high end.

In the latest Top500 Supercomputer list, you’ll find when you
dig into the supercomputer statistics that Linux runs 457 of the
world’s fastest computers. That’s 91.4%.


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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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