The Ubuntu 24.04 Long-Term Support (LTS) release came out last week, and I'm thrilled to share that this release included native, packaged, support for .NET on IBM Z and LinuxONE!

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Directly from Canonical releases Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat was shared:

"With the introduction of .NET 8, Ubuntu is taking a significant step forward in supporting the .NET community. NET 8 will be fully supported on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS for the entire lifecycle of both releases, enabling developers to upgrade their applications to newer .NET versions prior to upgrading their Ubuntu release. This .NET support has also been extended to the IBM System Z platform."

This is a major step for broader .NET in the Linux ecosystem, congratulations to the teams at Canonical for making this happen!

You can learn more about what has come to Ubuntu 24.04 for IBM Z and LinuxONE specifically by reading the blog post by Frank Heimes of Canonical on the Ubuntu on Big Iron blog: The pretty 'noble' Ubuntu Server LTS release arrived!