Now the real question is what package manager are they using? apt or yum? Lol
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Also, Gnome or KDE?
I’m confused on why they separate BSD from Unix. BSD is a Unix variant.
Unix is basically a brand name.
BSD had to be completely re-written to remove all Unix code, so it could be published under a free license.
It isn't Unix certified.
So it is Unix-derived, but not currently a Unix system (which is a completely meaningless term anyway).
To make it more specific I guess, what's the problem with that? It's like having a "people living on boats" and "people with no long term address". You could include the former in the latter, but then you are just conveying less information.
So is Linux. So I guess the light blue is all other UNIX variants?
no, it's not
I think this is a Ship of Theseus thing here that we're going to argue about because at what point is it just UNIX-like and not UNIX?
UNIX-like is definitely a descriptor currently used for Linux.
Even the Wikipedia entry starts that way.
It's Unix if you pay to have it certified (assuming it's compatible to begin with). That's basically it.
Yes, but it's not Unix. That's literally part of GNU/Linux' name.
Mac OS is more Unix than Linux.
Maybe windows is not used in supercomputers often because unix and linux is more flexiable for the cpus they use(Power9,Sparc,etc)
Plus Linux doesn't limit you in the number of drives, whereas Windows limits you from A to Z.
Ok that would make sense tbh
Wow, that's kind of a lot more Linux than I was expecting, but it also makes sense. Pretty cool tbh.
Linux is just the unix flavor that replaced the others.
Just need to do a dnf update on them all...
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.
Except this time the Unix-like took 100% of the market
Was too clear this thing is just better
BSD is mostly Unix too, so even if Unix didn't have 100% because of mac and Windows it was like 99%
BSD is more UNIX than Linux is, to be fair.
BSD is based on Unix, and Linux isn't, so it is way more Unix than Linux is.
So you're telling me that there was a Mac super computer in '05?
Funnily enough is was known for being quite cheap
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_X_(supercomputer)
G5
Oof, in only a couple years it was worthless.
Also known as Big Mac
haha
If I recall correctly they linked a bunch of powermacs together with FireWire.
It apparently later was transitioned to Xserves
Ah hahahaha!!!!
Windows! Some dumbass put Windows on a supercomputer!
A supercomputer running Windows HPC Server 2008 actually ranked 23 in TOP500 in June 2008.
Prob Microsoft themselves
Ironically, even Microsoft uses Linux in its Azure datacenters, iirc
Apple uses both Linux and Windows (not for datacenters) too.
Good point.
But still, the 30% efficient supercomputer.
Probably need one, just for the benchmark comparisons.
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