A brief history of Linux and the cosmos
By Richard Hillesley,
The department that hosts the project is dependent on Linux to drive the workstations that are used for desktop and development work. "The strongest advantage of Linux is its openness which makes it very competitive with a much wider community of users (especially in HPC) ensuring its further development and continuing success. Linux is, de facto, the standard choice for HPC systems.
One could name Solaris, HPUX, OSX and Windows as alternatives, but their user base is tiny compared to the Linux user community (in HPC-related environments) due to the proprietary nature of those operating systems. Some of them may be a better choice than Linux in very specific areas, but not for the COSMOS style of use, with its wide range of applications and research tasks... From the COSMOS support team point of view, there is no alternative to Linux as the OS of choice for HPC applications."
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