IBM makes push for Linux customers with Ubuntu mainframes

Posted by BernardSwiss on Aug 18, 2015 9:29 AM EDT
Ars Technica; By Jon Brodkin
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IBM is expanding support for Linux on mainframes with a few new initiatives announced today, including plans for an Ubuntu distribution.

The announcement also includes a new Linux mainframe server called LinuxONE and mainframe code contributions to a new "Open Mainframe Project" formed by the Linux Foundation. IBM and Canonical are teaming up to create an Ubuntu distribution for LinuxONE and existing z Systems mainframe hardware.

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