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Can we take a moment to reflect on how awesome and revolutionary (in changing world, not its tech) the Linux Kernel (and *nix ecosystem around it). I remember
by njharman 10y ago
Can we take a moment to reflect on how awesome and revolutionary (in changing world, not its tech) the Linux Kernel (and *nix ecosystem around it).
I remember when the TOP500 was being taken over by Beowulf Clusters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_cluster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_cluster Linux made that happen. At the time (and today) it ran on small embedded systems, to some of the world's fastest supercomputers and practically everything in between. Incredible compared to the alternative contemporary OSs.
- clappski 10y agoFor all it's warts, in my opinion Linux (and *BSD's) are some of the greatest software engineering efforts of our time. I think we'll be lucky to ever see a FOSS kernel reach the same level of ubiquity in our lifetime as Linux.