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Why do servers and supercomputers primarily run on Linux and not on some Microsoft/Apple/Google/Amazon OS? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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Most servers around the world run Linux. The same goes for almost all supercomputers. That's astonishing in a capitalist world where absolutely everything is commodified. Why can't these big tech companies manage to sell their own software to server operators or supercomputers? Why is an open, free project that is free for users so superior here?

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

This is an old take. Modern Linux management includes plenty of restarts and updates. Sometimes just as many as windows, especially with modern enterprises plugging heavy kennel-space agents into their Linux images.

Both ecosystems have adapted to the routine reboot annoyances, so it's no longer a real differentiator.

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  • [–] -2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Modern Linux management includes plenty of restarts

    Maybe if you run a dogwater distro. Try Debian

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Not everyone can just rUn DeBiAn on networks they don't own, and there's reasons to run the less free distributions.

    If you're not rebooting, even Debian, for kernel, libc, and other low level security vulnerabilities, you're running a dogwater enterprise.

    If you can't manage vendor recommended reboots and package update cycles on any distribution without causing an outage, you're a dogwater sysadmin.

    No one gives a shit about uptime anymore.

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