From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 868A71389F5 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 03:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2BFA4E0965; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 03:29:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.web-xs.org (mail.web-xs.org [148.251.4.204]) (using TLSv1.1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A8C1E08CD for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 03:29:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.web-xs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 460AC6EC2028 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 05:29:52 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.web-xs.org Received: from mail.web-xs.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.web-xs.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id EEHKYLzn38lx for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 05:29:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from server-1.localdomain (p54A708AF.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.167.8.175]) (Authenticated sender: lukas@der-erste-sinn.de) by mail.web-xs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B1FC56EC201F for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 05:29:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hal9000.localdomain (hal.localdomain [192.168.0.2]) by server-1.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B2FC3F6C4 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2015 05:29:50 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 05:29:23 +0200 From: To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer Message-ID: <20150404052923.1094b775@hal9000.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <2808302.GxqyB9MJeJ@navi> References: <20150403050535.5bbe58bb@hal9000.localdomain> <2808302.GxqyB9MJeJ@navi> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 184a579f-f7c0-4514-a075-f7724d96b7df X-Archives-Hash: 2be139558a11befbcae85c9e327b3804 Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > On Friday, April 03, 2015 5:05:35 AM wabenbau@gmail.com wrote: > > Boricua Siempre wrote: > > > > > Hello > > > > > > I have reading of quantum computing and I want know what operating > > > systems are use in quantum computers. And I read quantum computers > > > > I don't think that (yet) there exists computers that are completely > > based on quantum components. Maybe they have a quantum based > > arithmetic unit but the other components are certainly > > conventional. I don't know what kind of OS is used on such > > machines. But I wouldn't be surprised if it is some kind of BSD or > > Linux (maybe Gentum-OS). ;-) > > And there probably never will. An operating system requires > deterministic behaviour and as I understand it (and I'm not an > expert) quantum computing can only deal with probabilities so a > quantum OS would probably crash :) I think that I first misunderstood you. I thought you mean that an OS will crash on a computer that is partially based on quantum components. But now I realized that you probably mean that there will never be a computer that is completely based on quantum technology. But if some well known proprietary OS is using quantum technology, it would explain its sometimes unpredictable behavior. ;-) -- Regards wabe