superkret@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-222 hours agoOS market share in Top 500 supercomputersfeddit.orgimagemessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1733file-text
arrow-up1733imageOS market share in Top 500 supercomputersfeddit.orgsuperkret@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-222 hours agomessage-square141fedilinkfile-text
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
minus-squareMwa@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoMaybe windows is not used in supercomputers often because unix and linux is more flexiable for the cpus they use(Power9,Sparc,etc)
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 hours agoMore importantly, they can’t adapt Windows to their needs.
minus-squareMatt@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-217 hours agoPlus Linux doesn’t limit you in the number of drives, whereas Windows limits you from A to Z. I read it here.
minus-squareViper_NZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·19 hours agoYou can mount drives against folders in windows. So while D: is one drive, D:\Logs or D:\Cake can each be a different disk.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-221 hours agoFor people who haven’t installed Windows before, the default boot drive is G, and the default file system is C So you only have 25 to work with (everything but G)
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoG can be mapped after boot (usually to removable drives)
Maybe windows is not used in supercomputers often because unix and linux is more flexiable for the cpus they use(Power9,Sparc,etc)
More importantly, they can’t adapt Windows to their needs.
Yep the other reason.
Plus Linux doesn’t limit you in the number of drives, whereas Windows limits you from A to Z. I read it here.
You can mount drives against folders in windows. So while D: is one drive, D:\Logs or D:\Cake can each be a different disk.
For people who haven’t installed Windows before, the default boot drive is G, and the default file system is C
So you only have 25 to work with (everything but G)
G can be mapped after boot (usually to removable drives)
Ok that would make sense tbh