That's one of the articles I saw, written in 2011. I can't see whatever comment may have been made, the page is not displaying it.
Sounds like it was never consumated. Martha On Mon, 6 Apr 2015 12:50:14 -0500 Ron Wells said: >http://www.unixmen.com/will-ubuntu-make-to-mainframes/#comments > > > >From: Rick Troth <r...@casita.net> >To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU >Date: 04/06/2015 12:12 PM >Subject: Re: Ubuntu on z? >Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > >On 04/06/2015 12:48 PM, Martha McConaghy wrote: >> We have an upcoming project that may need Ubuntu running on z/VM. I >have >> never heard of Ubuntu being supported on z before, so did some googling. > It >> looks like there was talk of it back in 2011, but I can't find anything >later >> than that. > >Ubuntu is a little different than the other distros because Canonical >has different incentives than the other distributors. >In this case, you might want to phone them so they know there is a >business opportunity. > > >> Did anything ever come of this? Has anyone come up with a version of >Ubuntu >> that will run on z? > >It's a Debian derivative (as, for example, CentOS and ClefOS are a >RedHat derivatives) and that *does* run on z Systems. >If you happen to have Debian for z Systems then your upcoming project >probably could be made to fit there with little difficulty. > >-- R; <>< > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >visit >http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For more information on Linux on System z, visit >http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Email Disclaimer >This E-mail contains confidential information belonging to the sender, whi >prohibited. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit >http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For more information on Linux on System z, visit >http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
