Re: Scientific Use Of Linux

On 1/26/25 4:48 PM, chrisv wrote:

vallor wrote:
 

Joel wrote:

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some dumb fsck wrote:

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You found one.  It's extremely rare for a scientist to use Linux on
their desktop.

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Scientists are like anyone, they use what they know, that's the only
reason Linux lags in user base, people don't even try it.

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"Extremely rare"?  As if DFS would have any idea.

 That dumb fsck lives in an up-is-down, lies-are-truth world.
 

It is like saying Linux does not have similarities with Unix. Hehe :)
I've seen and worked around more scientists using Unix and Solaris than the number of lice on "DFS"s ex-boyfriend (a Boko-Haram Mandingo).
A couple of years back when I got encouraged here to install Linux on my main computer, I searched around and found out most scientists were recommending Gentoo for themselves and their students since the beginning of this century. Even Physics Today had a detailed article about it. Its customizable features (so they could optimize performance of course - the number one concern of a scientist) made it exactly what scientists needed. That was more than two decades back.
Did something happen since? Like, did Gates secretly develop an OS better than Gentoo for them to give'em free of charge?