superkret@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoOS market share in Top 500 supercomputersfeddit.org1698326
826OS market share in Top 500 supercomputersfeddit.orgsuperkret@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months ago169
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
Show ContentAllero@lemmy.today65·8 months agoIronically, even Microsoft uses Linux in its Azure datacenters, iirc
Show Contentdan@upvote.au9·8 months 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.
Show ContentAllero@lemmy.today6·8 months agoTrue. Never meant to say they use Linux exclusively; thanks for clarification anyway!
Show ContentKoalaUnknown@lemmy.world71·8 months agoApple uses both Linux and Windows (not for datacenters) too.
Show ContentIrritableOcelot@beehaw.org19·8 months agoGood point. But still, the 30% efficient supercomputer.
Show ContentMajorHavoc@programming.dev1·8 months agoHeh. I don’t think that number was ever official, but I heard it as well.
Show ContentAscendantSquid@lemm.ee1·8 months agoI don’t think either of the chart’s axes list efficiency?
Show ContentMajorHavoc@programming.dev1·8 months agoHeh. I don’t think that number was ever official, but I heard it as well.
Show ContentIrritableOcelot@beehaw.org2·8 months agoOh that was hyperbole, I didn’t expect to be taken literally!
Show ContentMajorHavoc@programming.dev2·8 months 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.
I don’t think either of the chart’s axes list efficiency?
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.