I just published the January report for open source software packages for Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE 🐧
The team tested nearly two dozen projects, including doxygen, elastic Logstash, and PHP.
Elsewhere in the open source world, Apache Tika and WeKan began releasing s390x containers, and libdfp was on-boarded to our GitHub Actions service 🎉
Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/02/11/linuxone-open-source-report-january-2026 #mainframe
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 🚀
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 🧑💻
The #s390x open source software team at IBM confirms the latest versions of various software packages run well on #Linux on #IBMZ & #LinuxONE 🐧
In October 2025 validation was maintained for two dozen projects, including #ApacheActiveMQ #InfluxDB & #Rails 🎉
We also on-boarded libdfp & qsv to our new hosted GitHub Actions runners, and saw Rarr add CI and VictoriaTraces begin releasing binaries 🎁
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 😁
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 🐧
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 🐧
In June 2025 validation was maintained for over two dozen, including #Apache #Storm, #Envoy and #Falco 🎉
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
Elizabeth K. Joseph
Andreas Plach
openSUSE Linux