Top500 Supercomputers 486 runs on Linux! No surprises there. Why would any supercomputer vendor ever use anything other than an open code is beyond me. The latest Top500 list of Supercomputers is out and Linux absolutely dominates the scene while Ubuntu is the flavour that powers the worlds fastest Supercomputer. Linux Powers Worlds Fastest Supercomputers Linuxs absolute domination of the worlds most sophisticated supercomputers doesnt come as a surprise. In fact, the enterprise sector had long embraced the Linux eco-system with open arms. So much so that, the worlds fastest Supercomputer runs a Chinese derivative of Ubuntu called Ubuntu Kylin, as revealed by Mark Shuttleworth himself during his keynote speech at OpenStack Summit. Ubuntu Kylin is now an official Ubuntu flavour. Top500 Supercomputers list reveals quite a number of interesting statistics. Out of 500 top Supercomputers, 486 of them runs on Linux, 12 on Unix, 1 mixed and 1 of them on Windows. Among the hardware vendors...