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Most of the machines are running some flavor of Linux OS, but the "lin" in linpack refers to linear equations, and the routines are in Fortran. Linpack goes back to the 70's, way before Linux.

http://www.netlib.org/linpack/
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whats the number?  CrazY_UKRaiNiaN | 06/22/05
10 to the twenty-second power  nucrash | 06/22/05
Commodore 64 Supercomputer  syncity | 06/22/05
Software?  dwest_z | 06/22/05
Re: software  Otto_Delete | 06/22/05
theyre running suse  linuxoverwindows | 06/22/05
Number 14  Palmyra | 06/22/05
Absolutely!  olePigeon | 06/22/05
I think there is a clue in there somewhere...  Colonel_Panic | 06/22/05
i thought i was the only one who caught that :P  linuxoverwindows | 06/22/05
Actually I know what it runs  Jeff the god of biscuits | 06/22/05
linear  bit_rot | 06/22/05
Aghgh, schmuper compooter, mine makes...  Colonel_Panic | 06/22/05
Pak chooie unf  Jeff the god of biscuits | 06/22/05
What OS do they run?  Tim Patterson | 06/22/05
unix variants  Reverend MacFellow | 06/22/05
Which include Mac OS X. happy [nt]  olePigeon | 06/22/05
Which is why OS X is so good . . . NT  Ken_z | 06/22/05
RE: Which is why OS X is so good . . . NT  nightshade0143 | 06/22/05
Windows ME of course  Jeff the god of biscuits | 06/22/05
OS, what OS?  batavier | 06/22/05
keep your ignorance to yourself  cicuta | 06/22/05
Of course  CobraA1 | 06/23/05
Why aren't they running something like  RatMcGee | 06/23/05
Linux rules Supercomputers  IT-sys | 06/22/05
Club Shepherd 2005 v1.00  Bridge_SMASH | 06/22/05
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Now THAT's funny !!!  RatMcGee | 06/23/05
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