On Thu, 2016-08-25 at 10:51 +0300, Olli-Pekka Lehto wrote: > Hi, > > We decided to do a blog post on some of the reasons why we love Linux at our > HPC center and thought it might be of interest to this list as well: > http://bit.ly/2bjYNlI > > Not an exhaustive list of reasons by any means but this is what we came up > with. It would be interesting to hear your take on this as well if you have > some different ideas. >
When I run introductory training sessions I usually suggest the following: Performance: The commandline interface provides a great deal more power and is very resource efficient. Scale: GNU/Linux scales and does so with stability and efficiency. Software: Critical software such as the Message Parsing Interface (MPI) and nearly all scientific programs are designed to work with GNU/Linux. Openness: The operating system and many applications are provided as "free and open source" which are better placed to improve, optimize and maintain. HTH, -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech Mngmnt) (Chifley) HPC Support and Training Officer +61383444193 Department of Infrastructure Services, University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
