The CentOS project announced the general availability of the latest CentOS Linux 7.5 (build 1804) operating system on the IBM POWER9 (PPC64le) hardware architecture.
Released back in May 2018, CentOS Linux 7.5 is based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 operating system and supported 32-bit (i386), 64-bit (x86_64), ARM64 (AArch64), PowerPC 64-bit Little Endian (PPC64el), PowerPC 64-bit (PPC64), and ARMhf architectures. However, the initial release only supported IBM POWER8 processors, but it’s now available for IBM POWER9 processors too.
“I am pleased to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7 (1804) for POWER9 processors (ppc64le – powerpc 64-bit little endian). This release is derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 ALT,” said James O’Connor. “Note this release is 99% equivalent to the existing CentOS 7 Linux 7 (1804) for POWER8 processors (ppc64le – powerpc 64… (read more)
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