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Why do servers and supercomputers primarily run on Linux and not on some Microsoft/Apple/Google/Amazon OS? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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Most servers around the world run Linux. The same goes for almost all supercomputers. That's astonishing in a capitalist world where absolutely everything is commodified. Why can't these big tech companies manage to sell their own software to server operators or supercomputers? Why is an open, free project that is free for users so superior here?

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago*

Amazon has their own Linux dist that is relatively popular among their customers

https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/

As for your question, consider thus: I think many users here have the resources to make their own personal Linux distributions without drawing from an existing base distro. Yet very few do. Why do you think that is? There's a lot of overlap in the answers.

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