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Ubuntu 23.04 released for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Thu April 20, 2023
On April 20th, the latest Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) was released . In keeping with all Ubuntu releases since 2016, this one is supported in Linux on IBM zSystems and LinuxONE. General ...
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Fedora 38 released for IBM zSystems & LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Thu April 20, 2023
On April 18, 2023, the Fedora Linux community released Fedora 38, which includes support for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE. Congratulations to the Fedora community on this release! Supported by ...
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Inside the new IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 4 rack-mount

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Mon April 17, 2023
There are 18 species of penguins. The largest is the Emperor penguin, and one of the smallest is the Rockhopper. When the IBM LinuxONE was released and these names graced the large and small sizes, I thought ...
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Fedora 37 released for IBM zSystems & LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Wed November 16, 2022
On October 15th, the Fedora Linux community released Fedora 37, which includes support for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE. Congratulations to the Fedora community on this release! Supported by the ...
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Ubuntu 22.10 released for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Mon October 24, 2022
On October 20th, the latest Ubuntu release, 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) was released, and in keeping with all Ubuntu releases since 2016, this one is supported in Linux on IBM zSystems and LinuxONE. General release ...
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AlmaLinux 8.6 now with support for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Fri October 14, 2022
Back in May, we learned that AlmaLinux 9 was released, with support for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE . AlmaLinux has two versions at the time of writing, 9.0 and 8.6. The zSystems and LinuxONE support ...
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Rocky Linux 9 released with support for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Mon July 18, 2022
Last week Rocky Linux 9 was released ! This is the first release with a version for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE (s390x), alongside the x86_64, aarch64, and ppc64le architectures. Information about ...
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openSUSE Leap 15.4 released

By Sarah Julia Kriesch posted Fri June 10, 2022
This week openSUSE Leap 15.4 has been released. That includes of course the s390x architecture! The new version does not provide only new packages, but also enhancements of the dasd formatting in Yast ...
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AlmaLinux 9 released with support for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Tue May 31, 2022
Last week AlmaLinux 9 was released ! This is the first version to have a version for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE (s390x) that has full parity with upstream. Information about how to download ...
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Fedora 36 released with support for IBM LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Thu May 12, 2022
On May 10th, the Fedora Linux community released Fedora 36. Congratulations to the Fedora community on this release! Supported by the Fedora community since Fedora 15 in mid-2011, the release ...
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Introducing Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.10 on IBM zSystems and LinuxONE

By Adam Jollans posted Wed May 11, 2022
Introducing Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.10 on IBM zSystems and LinuxONE Expanded persistent storage options for Red Hat OpenShift applications By Andrei Constantinescu , IBM ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS released for IBM zSystems and LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Thu April 21, 2022
Today the Ubuntu community and Canonical released the latest Long Term Support edition of Ubuntu Linux: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) With the IBM z16 release announcement this month as ...
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Security and Cloud-Native Applications - IBM Z Crypto Express meets Red Hat OpenShift

By Adam Jollans posted Wed February 02, 2022
IBM Z and LinuxONE are renowned for the advanced security they provide, and are used by financial, government and other organizations across the world. Encryption is provided at a hardware level in two ...
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libzpc - A Protected-Key Cryptographic Library

By Dorothea Matthäus posted Tue December 21, 2021
libzpc is a new open source IBM Z protected key cryptographic library. libzpc offers APIs to programmers to exploit the performance-boosting CPACF protected key cryptography without the need to use assembler ...
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 released for IBM Z and LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Wed November 10, 2021
I don't always publish a blog post about the dot releases for each Linux distribution that supports IBM Z and LinuxONE, but Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 is a notable release due to the inclusion of .NET ...
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New Open Mainframe Project Linux Distributions Working Group

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Fri November 05, 2021
The Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe Project Techincal Advisory Council recently approved the creation of a Linux Distributions Working Group for IBM Z and LinuxONE. We have a community here ...
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Community-supported Fedora 35 released for IBM Z and LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Thu November 04, 2021
This week the Fedora community released Fedora 35! Congratulations to the Fedora community on this release! Supported by the Fedora community since Fedora 15 in mid-2011, the release of Fedora 35 ...
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Linux at IBM Z & LinuxONE Academy in Brazil! First Edition!

By David DPP Pontes posted Mon November 01, 2021
Welcome to the 1st edition of Linux at IBM Z & LinuxONE Academy in Brazil! Differentiate yourself from the market with Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE! Your infrastructure deserves a platform optimized ...
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Ubuntu 21.10 released for IBM Z and LinuxONE

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Fri October 15, 2021
This week the latest Ubuntu release came out, Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri". As with all releases since 2016, IBM Z is one of the supported architectures. General release notes for Ubuntu 21.10 are available: ...
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Catch IBM Z Day 2021 Linux-focused Replays!

By Elizabeth K. Joseph posted Fri September 24, 2021
IBM Z Day took place on September 15th, and for folks interested in Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE, there were a number of sessions in the Open Z track that may be of interest! You can still register ...
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