Or a drip under pressure, by any other name. As the PowerLinux Toolchain Architect I get a chance to interact with processor architects and designers; Linux/FSF community compiler, linker, runtime, debugger, and performance tool developers; Enterprise Linux... 1 0 105

Need Java 7?  We got Java 7. Last year  we posted that the IBM Java 7 was in open beta mode, but along the way we neglected to post the news that the IBM Java 7 kits are now fully available across a number of platforms and operating systems.   By now, this... 1 0 123

Feb 2012 PTFs for IBM XL Compilers On the slightly mundane side, but handy if you're using the IBM XL compilers, a set of fix packs (PTFs in IBM terms) has been released for the IBM XL C/C++ and Fortran compilers.    February 2012 Update for XL C/C++ for Linux,... 0 2 160

Just get a Power Linux server and not quite sure where to start?   Need to install an OS?   Here is some helpful documentation.....   Linux and IBM virtualization for POWER -  Link to InfoCenter Topic   You may or may not have received a Hardware Management Console... 0 0 241

At the risk of appearing more literate than I actually am, I thought a title reference to Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous Sonnet 43 How Do I Love Thee? was a great way to introduce the topic for this blog.  So, how many ways can we run Linux on IBM Power... 4 0 246

Continuing our journey into benchmarks, we recently were working on the SPECcpu2006 set of benchmarks again, and returned to look at some of the dependent products which we build and run with.   One of the products which we link with on Power Linux is... 1 0 201

The common standard benchmarks   After we have a new Power7 system installed and configured, we generally will run a set of performance benchmarks on the system to confirm that it's running things as we expect it to.   In a performance lab like ours, we have the... 1 0 234

This morning we got into a good discussion on what simple things that we check on a new system or partition for Power Linux.   The list was easy. How many cores? what SMT mode are the cores running in? how fast are the cores running? how much memory is... 1 5 641

Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins   How to be a more productive Linux systems administrator ( See More HERE )   Summary:   Learn these 10 tricks and you'll be the most powerful Linux® systems administrator in the universe...well, maybe not the universe, but... 1 0 237

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Fedora 16 has now been officially released!  The release notes can be found at:   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_16_PPC_release_notes   Most of the imperfections mentioned in the release notes are around graphics/video cards.  This is something that will... 1 1 332

Fedora has announced a ppc64 Fedora 16 beta last week.  The announcement can be found at the following URL:   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F16_Beta_PPC_release_announcement There are many improvements between the Alpha and Beta for ppc64.  Many of them revolve... 1 1 507

IBM Wins “Best Linux... 1 0 5539

  The IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux version 5.1 released on Dec 12, 2011.  The Installation Toolkit simplifies installing Linux on Power Systems, helping you to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server in just a few clicks.  The... 1 0 358

IBM gets top slot in "Best Linux Server Vendor" category.   See more here -  http://bit.ly/Linux_Journal   1 1 108

So what do you recommend that I install on a new RHEL 6.1 Power7 installation? Seems simple!    But there's always new news!    I thought this would be a relatively trivial exercise, but as with any good technology answer, It Depends.   It depends on your... 1 0 314

Recently, the IBM SDK for Linux on Power released   another beta update  of the environment for developing, debugging, and doing performance analysis of programs running on Power systems.    On a regular basis, people ask about the SDK and wonder "So... what... 1 0 341

Need a quick reference for setting up your Power Linux system?  See Getting started with Linux on Power Systems Servers . After your system is up and running, use the IBM Installation Toolkit Simplified Setup Tool to easily configure open source workloads . ... 1 0 462

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IBM, in collaboration with the Open Source Lab at Oregon State University, has contributed access to a new POWER7 server for use by the GCC development community.  Quoting the email list announcement the configuration looks like: "The server is an IBM... 1 1 345