World's smallest supercomputer runs Ubuntu!

[FurryNemesis]

Saw this on /. a few minutes ago.

The main page (http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/research/microwulf/)

The /. page (http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/08/31/0235242.shtml)

Pretty neat, a supercomputer for under $2500 - and it's running Ubuntu!

[kerry_s]

and that surprises you, all the fastest computers in the world run linux. :)

[mips]

Cute

[regomodo]

ouch at the cost. Seriously, did they buy these parts at the most expensive place they could or is this old news (i.e. this was top of the line stuff when they did the proj)

[Yizi]

i'm feeling that :lolflag:

[potrick]

That's my alma matter. I know that student, too. I remember him running a media center from the command line while drunk. He's awesome.

[rustybronco]

a picture of it is in dec '07 popsci mag with a monitor displaying UBUNTU!

[stalker145]

Imagine a beowulf cluster of... oh, wait...

[samjh]

ouch at the cost. Seriously, did they buy these parts at the most expensive place they could or is this old news (i.e. this was top of the line stuff when they did the proj)

Prices were from 1 Jan 07. Looks like good prices for back then.