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<span id="title-34954317"> <a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/07/05/1855212/linux-played-a-vital-role-in-discovery-of-higgs-boson">Linux Played a Vital Role In Discovery of Higgs Boson</a></span>
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<time id="fhtime-34954317" datetime="on Thursday July 05, @03:20PM">on Thursday July 05, @03:20PM</time>
<br>from the more-nobel-juice-for-linus dept.
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An anonymous reader writes <i>"<a href="http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/07/linux-played-crucial-role-in-discovery.html">Scientific Linux and Ubuntu had a vital role</a>
in the discovery of the new boson at CERN. Linux systems are used every
day in their analysis, together with hosts of open software, such as
ROOT. Linux plays a major role in the running of their networks of
computers (in the grid etc.) and it is used for the intensive work in
their calculations."</i></div>
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