Government Linux Gaming Supercomputer

pupkick writes "Wired news has a story about a government supercomputer running Linux that 'pits two opposing teams of soldiers against one another in a fight for control over a city under siege.'"

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government uses linux a lot

[carnivore302]

The article suggests that the US government doesn't use linux supercomputers all that much. Because I felt the opposite is true I did a quick search on google which confirmed my initial beliefs. Mind you, I don't know if all these stories are true or hoaxes, but a couple of interesting ones are

Linux NetworxTM EvolocityTM cluster supercomputer to study smallpox genomics in light of the threat of possible bioterror attacks here

The Linux open-source operating system powers a new government supercomputer that will help meteorologists forecast the weather more accurately. here

New SGI supercomputer to scale Linux to 1,024 CPUs
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications will use it for research here

And the list goes on and on.