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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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OS market share in Top 500 supercomputers (feddit.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputer_operating_system
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Data from: http://top500.org/stats

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Ironically, even Microsoft uses Linux in its Azure datacenters, iirc

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

True. Never meant to say they use Linux exclusively; thanks for clarification anyway!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Apple uses both Linux and Windows (not for datacenters) too.