Linux kernel: 13 million lines 5 patches per hour, Super Linux, End of the World

Dec 08, 2010, 13:32 (1 Talkback[s])
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"6. Leveraging Linux for Supercomputing
Thus, aggregation provides an affordable, virtual x86 platform with large, shared memory. Server virtualization for aggregation replaces the functionality of custom and proprietary chipsets with software and utilizes only a tiny fraction of a system's CPUs and RAM to provide chipset-level services without sacrificing system performance.
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"2. Linux kernel: 13 million lines, over 5 patches per hour
The Linux Foundation has published its third annual report about Linux kernel authorship. The statistics included in the paper illustrate growth trends in the kernel development process and provide insight into how the labor is distributed among individual contributors and corporate sponsors.
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