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What z Systems or LinuxONE models will Ubuntu be available on? LinuxONE features Ubuntu as the lead Linux distribution. LinuxONE is an IBM bundled Linux solutions offering for z Systems, announced on August 17, 2015, that covers their portfolio of software and services on z Systems hardware models marketed specifically to Linux users. IBM System z (officially “IBM z Systems”) is a family name used by IBM for all of its mainframe computers. If you’re interested in hearing more about running Ubuntu on IBM z systems you can watch the recording of our recent webinar “Discover the Cloud and Scale Out World of Ubuntu on IBM”, recorded April 27th, 2016. If you have questions regarding pricing please contact us at or call +44 (0) 2.ĭownload Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for IBM LinuxONE/z Systems

For example, with 100 instances of Ubuntu per drawer, that’s merely 53 cents per instance per day. We are excited to deliver the operating system of choice for cloud computing to the mainframe community at a game-changing flat fee, enabling operators to drive down the average cost per instance.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for IBM LinuxONE and z Systems is priced at $19,500 per drawer per year, covering unlimited usage of Ubuntu on any or all of the IFLs within that drawer, 24×7 Ubuntu Advantage Advanced support services and regular security and reliability fixes from Canonical. “With the release of Ubuntu 16.04, IBM will be able to offer our LinuxONE clients a simple, affordable high-performance Linux distribution that will better equip them to take advantage of hybrid cloud.”

Mauri, general manager, IBM z Systems and LinuxONE. “As more enterprises adopt hybrid cloud, they are looking for new platforms that run Linux with efficiency and flexibility,” said Ross A. “We are proud to serve the needs of the enterprise, and research, and millions of personal and non-profit users, with one single shared free software platform.” “The leading cloud-based operations and the most advanced robotics run largely on Ubuntu, and this new release is the basis for the next wave of their innovation,” said Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Canonical. LTS releases are supported by Canonical for 5 years.

Faster release cycles incorporate the latest kernel innovation, yet we have “production” Long Term Support (LTS) releases to ensure supportable stability.

One distribution for development, test, and production.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on IBM LinuxONE and z System consists of 50,000+ packages (24,803 architecture independent packages and 26,138 s390x deb packages).

Fundamentally we are geared for cloud speed and innovation: Many people have asked us how we are different. Developers also have the advantage of Juju for advanced service modelling and deployment of their clouds. Running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on LinuxONE and z Systems provides an ideal platform for your developers, who already use Ubuntu for IoT applications and other modern workloads, as it provides the same operating system and tools on the backend as they are using on the edge. Global enterprises running Ubuntu at scale in the cloud include AT&T, Walmart, Deutsche Telecom, Bloomberg, Cisco and many others. It dominates public cloud guest volume and production OpenStack deployments with up to 70% market share. Ubuntu is the platform of choice for new cloud-native applications from modern development teams. With the release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS we now offer the same great Ubuntu experience on z Systems and LinuxONE servers as x86 and OpenPower platforms.