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Blog posts tagged
"IBM LinuxONE"

Pedro Lazzarotto
12 June 2026

A decade of Ubuntu on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE

Partners Ubuntu tech blog

This year we celebrate a decade of Ubuntu Server support on the s390x architecture: marking a long-standing collaboration between Canonical and IBM that began at LinuxCon 2015. The first release happened on April 21, 2016, bringing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) to IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE platforms.  A first for Ubuntu on IBM That ...

Frank Heimes
6 May 2025

IBM LinuxONE 5 and Ubuntu Server, a great combination from day one

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Today, IBM announced the launch of their latest server: the new IBM LinuxONE Emperor 5. This fifth generation redefines IBM’s LinuxONE system as their most secure and high-performing Linux computing platform for data, applications and trusted AI.  Canonical supports LinuxONE Emperor 5 with Ubuntu Server. Ubuntu is cost-efficient and easy ...

Frank Heimes
6 February 2024

IBM LinuxONE 4 Express and Ubuntu Server drive data centre performance and economics

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Canonical is pleased to announce that Ubuntu Server is optimised and fully supported on IBM LinuxONE 4 Express – the newest addition to IBM’s world-leading LinuxONE server family. The previous model in the Express series, IBM LinuxONE III Express, was immensely popular, and brought the power of LinuxONE to a wider audience than ever. IBM ...

Felipe Vanni
12 April 2023

Phoenix Systems sets a new standard for secure cloud services with Canonical and IBM

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Phoenix Systems, a Swiss company, partnered with IBM and Canonical to create a hyper-secure OpenStack cloud focused on data sovereignty and data protection. Switzerland is a country where data must be hosted within its borders, and for many workloads, public clouds are not an option. Phoenix Systems stepped in to fill this niche by buildi ...

Frank Heimes
4 April 2023

IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 4 brings sustainability and efficiency to the business-class server landscape, fully supported by Ubuntu 22.04

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

IBM has today announced the latest addition to its IBM LinuxONE server line, the IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 4. Whereas the recently released IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 is the perfect fit for enterprise use cases, IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 4 brings unprecedented flexibility that puts IBM’s world-leading server technology within reach of new audienc ...

Frank Heimes
13 September 2022

IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4: Maximise the value of next generation IBM LinuxONE servers with Ubuntu 22.04.1

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

IBM has today announced the next generation of its enterprise-grade Linux server family, IBM LinuxONE. The LinuxONE Emperor 4 is IBM’s most highly performing, secure, sustainable and open Linux server to date.  As the world’s most powerful Linux-based server, LinuxONE Emperor 4 matches perfectly with Ubuntu, the leading Linux operating sy ...