- Think Blue Linux
Think Blue Linux (sometimes "ThinkBlue Linux") was a port of
Linux toIBM S/390 (later, zSeries)mainframe computer s, done by the Millenux subsidiary of German company [http://www.to.com/ Thinking Objects Software GmbH] .The distribution consisted primarily of a collection of
Red Hat Linux 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port of the Linux kernel.Distribution of the product is scheduled to cease in early 2006, as most of its packages are out of date, and other Linux distributions support IBM mainframes.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,Fact|date=February 2007 making a special dedicated distribution unnecessary.
References
* [http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-02-21-002-04-NW LinuxToday article]
* [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/8099 Heise article] (German)External links
* [http://linux.s390.org/ linux.s390.org] aka [http://linux.zseries.org/ linux.zseries.org] is the official ThinkBlue/64 website
* [http://www.to.com/ Thinking Objects Software GmbH] (German)
*Millenux (subsidiary of Thinking Objects) [http://www.millenux.de/Linux_for_zSeries.372.0.html Linux for zSeries] product page (German)
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