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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).

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

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (16 children)

I’m confused on why they separate BSD from Unix. BSD is a Unix variant.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Just need to do a dnf update on them all...

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that's kind of a lot more Linux than I was expecting, but it also makes sense. Pretty cool tbh.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Linux is just the unix flavor that replaced the others.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 months ago (3 children)

So you're telling me that there was a Mac super computer in '05?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_X_(supercomputer)

G5

Oof, in only a couple years it was worthless.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly they linked a bunch of powermacs together with FireWire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

It apparently later was transitioned to Xserves

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

So basically, everybody switched from expensive UNIX™ to cheap "unix"-in-all-but-trademark-certification once it became feasible, and otherwise nothing has changed in 30 years.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Except this time the Unix-like took 100% of the market

Was too clear this thing is just better

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

BSD is mostly Unix too, so even if Unix didn't have 100% because of mac and Windows it was like 99%