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BigTux Shows Linux Scales To 64-Way

Posted by timothy on from the can't-let-you-do-that-dave dept.

An anonymous reader writes "HP has been demonstrating a Superdome server running the Stream and HPL benchmarks, which shows that the standard 2.6 Linux kernel scales to 64 processors. Compiling the kernel didn't scale quite so well, but that was because it involves intermittent serial processing by a single processor. The article also notes that HP's customers are increasingly using Linux for enterprise applications, and getting more interested in using it on the desktop..."

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  1. oh the humanity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nothing for you to see here, please move along.

  2. i know this is OT, but I can't find it anywhere. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm sure a lot of you have been to an Apple store at some point. On all of their systems, they have embedded buttons in the desktop, where you can launch safari, etc. Does anyone know how to do this? It's driving me nuts! thanks

  3. The "Tux" Got Me Fired, Guys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Recently I was asked for my expert opinion (IT admin for 5 years) on the architecture for our new groupware solution for inter-office communications. My boss told me the current plan was Windows Server with Sharepoint and SQL Server.

    Well, normally I would just go along with it and quietly get my paycheck, but this time I had been inspired by recent Slashdot postings about the power of open source. I had done some studying up on my own, too.

    So when my boss put the question to me, I responded with "That could work, but I'm thinking Ubuntu Warty Warthog or Debian Woody, with Derby 0.9 database and of course X-Bitch client to keep in touch".

    Well, now I'm unemployed just like you all and I'm looking for a job. All I know is, nobody ever got fired for buying Dell and Microsoft. Damn slashbots... a curse on you!

  4. Grrr...64 processors? by Rick+Zeman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The hell with that--I just want a wireless driver for my Dell (Broadcom) PCI card. :-(

  5. Re:i know this is OT, but I can't find it anywhere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Be careful when you are at an Appel-store. Always walk with your back next to the wall. If the clerk tries the old "Oooopsie, I dropped the iPod. Can you please pick it up for me?'-trick, don't bend over.

  6. Re:i know this is OT, but I can't find it anywhere by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    So glad you asked.

    What we do at the Santa Monica (CA) store is put a 16-port USB hub under the table with 802.11 dongles in all of the ports. Then we have a MIDI-over-IP downconverter to multiplex the shared memory requests. Wrap it all in an AppleScript® Dictionary and you're ready to roll!

    Hope this helps.