Think Blue Linux

Think Blue Linux (sometimes ThinkBlue Linux) was a port of Linux to IBM S/390 (later, zSeries) mainframe computers, done by the Millenux subsidiary of German company Thinking Objects Software GmbH.

The distribution consisted primarily of a collection of RedHat 6.1 packages (or RPMs) on top of IBM's port of the Linux kernel.

Distribution of the product is scheduled to cease in early 2006, as most of its packages are out of date, and other Linux distributions support IBM mainframes. Most modern Linux distributions support IBM mainframes, making a special dedicated distribution unnecessary.

See Also

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_on_zSeries

External Links

• IBM Mainframe Operating Systems shows what's currently available
• linux.s390.org aka linux.zseries.org is the official ThinkBlue/64 website
• Thinking Objects Software GmbH (German)
• Millenux (subsidiary of Thinking Objects) Linux for zSeries product page (German)

References

• LinuxToday article
• Heise article (German)