As of June 2021, of the 500 most powerful supercomputers around the world, 52.8 percent were running the Linux operating system, whilst 17.8 percent of the leading supercomputers used the CentOS operating system.
Distribution of the 500 most powerful supercomputers worldwide from 2017 to 2021, by operating system
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