Hi David, > IBM can and does provide raw z/VM VMs at Marist or Syracuse for other Linux distros, such as Debian..... Yes, I 've had access to an OpenStack instance on a Z13 Mainframe though Marist (testing Docker images on s390x arquitecture for the Open Mainframe Project). > If there is a group of CentOS developers who want to bootstrap and maintain it, the resources probably can be made available..... I'm interested in contirbuting on this. Thanks for your answer. Regards, 2018-02-20 15:40 GMT-03:00 David Edelsohn <dje.gcc at gmail.com>: >>>>>> Javier Romero writes: > >> Is there any chance that IBM donate this hardware for the CentOS >> project? Think that will be also useful for that company to have >> another Linux distro running on their Z Systems. > > IBM can and does provide raw z/VM VMs at Marist or Syracuse for other > Linux distros, such as Debian. That is what you really need, not > "hardware". The discussion about donating hardware is off track. > > The Debian support is completely community driven and maintained. If > there is a group of CentOS developers who want to bootstrap and > maintain it, the resources probably can be made available. If this is > a request for IBM to enable CentOS on IBMz, that is an orthogonal > discussion about IBM resources and likely would require IBM customer > demand. > > Thanks, David > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel