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Stars and Stripes: Facebook and Linux

How does Facebook embrace Linux and the open source movement?

For many years, Facebook has relied on Linux and open source software. For example, the company runs one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, ranked 91st. It’s a self-made computer sporting a mind boggling 60,512 cores and 63,488GB of RAM. And yes, it runs Linux – Ubuntu to be precise.

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