How did we do at the end of 2025 as far as testing our current collection of open source software packages for Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE?
It was a strong finish! The team worked on over two dozen packages, including cAdvisor, PostgreSQL, and SPIRE.
Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/01/21/linuxone-open-source-report-december-2025 #mainframe
Here we are, the last report of the year from the #Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE porting team and beyond π
The list for November is an impressive one with nearly three dozen projects tested, including Apache Cassandra, fluentd, and neo4j
We also confirmed that the GnuCOBOL project has been on-boarded with our GitHub Actions service for s390x π§βπ»
The #s390x open source software team at IBM confirms the latest versions of various software packages run well on #Linux on #IBMZ & #LinuxONE π§
In October 2025 validation was maintained for two dozen projects, including #ApacheActiveMQ #InfluxDB & #Rails π
We also on-boarded libdfp & qsv to our new hosted GitHub Actions runners, and saw Rarr add CI and VictoriaTraces begin releasing binaries π
Details in my monthly report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/11/19/linuxone-open-source-report-october-2025
There were a lot of fun things about #IBMTechXchange 2025 last week, but one of my favorites was our "Doom Takeover" at the Monday evening expo hall party. Instead of running our demos, I just had people logging into an IBM #LinuxONE #mainframe and playing Freedoom over VNC #Doom π
Working on documentation for a whole matrix of support (client vs. server OSes), stay tuned!
There are growing challenges in managing cryptographic assets while preparing for the emerging risks of quantum computing.
Pradeep, Parameshwaran, STSM , Chief Architect , #Security and Compliance on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE will talk on how we can provide a centralized approach to discovering, classifying, and managing cryptographic keys and #certificates across applications and systems, ensuring visibility and #compliance. This session will focus on partner point of view on #Quantum Safe #cryptography , followed by details on IBM Quatum Safe Explorer product and #IBM zCDI product.
Register here:
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a0807b34-4108-4427-ad10-39e861a44491@fcf67057-50c9-4ad4-98f3-ffca64add9e9
The #s390x open source software team at IBM confirms the latest versions of various software packages run well on #Linux on #IBMZ & #LinuxONE π§
The report from July is extra special because it includes details of the first projects we on-boarded to our hosted #GitHub Actions service! You can also get an update into the latest from the ngrok community and FlatCC.
Details here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/08/18/linuxone-open-source-report-july-2025
The #s390x open source software team at IBM confirms the latest versions of various software packages run well on #Linux on #IBMZ & #LinuxONE π§
In June 2025 validation was maintained for over two dozen, including #Apache #Storm, #Envoy and #Falco π
Plus various release additions from the broader open source community, including: NATS-box (containers), cnquery (ci, binaries) & Encrust (ci)
Full report + how your project can apply for a s390x VM: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2025/07/30/linuxone-open-source-report-june-2025
The Network Express adapter and the RoCE Express adapters are network adapters for #IBMz and #LinuxONE hardware. This paper introduces Network Express for #IBM #z17 and LinuxONE 5:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/linux-on-systems?topic=adapters-networking-pci-functions
Elizabeth K. Joseph
Andreas Plach
openSUSE Linux