New Release: qclib v2.4.1

qclib v2.4.1 is now available for download here. This is a bugfix release.

For more information, see the README.

New Linux on IBM Z & LinuxONE Forum at Open Mainframe Project

The Open Mainframe Project has launched a new forum dedicated to Linux on Z. It can be found here, and is intended to complement existing facilities like the mailing lists hosted at Maris college. Any topic around Linux on Z, including virtualization as provided by z/VM and KVM, is fair game, and you may use it to ask quesitions, share useful hints and tips, or simply have a casual conversation about some aspect of the platform!




Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform available on IBM Z and LinuxONE

While Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE could be used as a target for Ansible scripts ever since, the backend had to be run on other architectures. But no longer so: Starting today, the entire Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is becoming available on IBM Z and LinuxONE!

See here for more details, and here for the formal announcement from Red Hat.

New Releases: RHEL 8.9 and RHEL 9.3 on IBM Z & LinuxONE

Both, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 and 9.1 are out! See the press release here, and Red Hat's blog entry here!

Both releases ship

  • s390-tools v2.27 (renamed to s390utils)
  • smc-tools v1.8.2
  • openCryptoki v3.21

Further information can be found in the release notes for RHEL 8.9 and see RHEL 9.3.

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