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Ninety-One Percent (91%) of the World’s Top Supercomputers are Run by Linux

Operating system Family share for 06/2010 (Of the top 500 supercomputers in the world.)[1. Source: http://www.top500.org] Pictured at left is “Tux,” the official Linux mascot.

Operating system Family

Count

Share %

Linux

455

91%

Windows

5

1.00 %

Unix

22

4.40 %

BSD Based

1

0.20 %

Mixed

17

3.40 %

Totals

500

100%