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May 17

Supercomputer

Does supercomputers need some kind of special operating system or just normal OS like Windows? ~~HeckyBoyeV2,17/5/2021~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by HeckyBoyeV2 (talk • contribs)

Most supercomputers run some variant of Linux (for instance all of the top 500 do). Additional packages may be added for cluster control or networked shared storage. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 05:59, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! Somebody has been reading the very first paragraph of our article on supercomputers.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:04, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Or perhaps this somebody has retired after 20 years running one! Martin of Sheffield (talk) 08:27, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There's an article specifically about that: Supercomputer operating system --116.86.4.41 (talk) 13:33, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]