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Software
- Linux/390 Distributions
- Linux/390 Patches
- Hercules - An S/390 Hardware Emulator
Information
- Large numbers of links
- Linux/390 HOWTOs
- IBM's Linux/390 pages
- Distribution Contents
- IBM VM and Linux Resources
- Linux man pages
- Notes & Observations
- Top 10 reasons to run Linux on VM
- Linux/390 at Princeton University
- i/370 Port, aka Bigfoot
- linuxvm.org Archives
Community
- Community Members
- Linux-390 Listserv
- Linux/390 Presentations
- Linux/390 Subscribers
- Linux/390 Survey Results
News
Fun
Credits
A number of people from the Linux/390 mailing list have given presentations on various aspects of Linux and Linux/390. When those presenters give their permission, we place copies of those presentations here, with the most recent ones at the top. Anyone who would like to have a copy of their presentation placed here, please contact Mark Post
Miscellaneous (Unrelated to any specific date)
| Presenter/Author | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Michael MacIsaac Marian Gasparovic |
z/VM and Linux on IBM System z:
The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES11 virt-cookbook-S11.tgz Last updated May 18, 2010 |
Adobe PDF gzipped tarball |
| Michael MacIsaac Brad Hinson |
Sharing and maintaining RHEL 5.3 Linux under z/VM ro-root-RH5.tgz Last updated September 23, 2009 |
Adobe PDF gzipped tarball |
| Michael MacIsaac Steve Womer Rick Troth Kyle S. Black |
Sharing and maintaining SLES 10 SP2 Linux under z/VM ro-root-S10.tgz Last updated June 30, 2009 |
Adobe PDF gzipped tarball |
| Michael MacIsaac Marian Gasparovic Carlos Ordonez Jin Xiong |
z/VM and Linux on IBM System z:
The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES10 virt-cookbook-S10.tgz Last updated March 16, 2007 |
Adobe PDF gzipped tarball |
| Michael MacIsaac Brad Hinson |
z/VM and Linux on IBM System z:
The Virtualization Cookbook for RHEL5 virt-cookbook-RH5.tgz |
Adobe PDF gzipped tarball |
| Michael MacIsaac Carlos Ordonez Jin Xiong |
z/VM and Linux on IBM System z:
The Virtualization Cookbook Version 2 virt-cookbook-2.tgz |
Adobe PDF gzipped tarball |
| Steve Wehr Harriet Morril Scott Loveland Scott Epter |
High Availability Architectures For Linux on IBM System z | Adobe PDF |
| Michael MacIsaac Jin Xiong |
z/VM and Linux on IBM System z:
The Virtualization Cookbook virt-cookbook-1.tgz |
Adobe PDF gzipped tarball |
| Marvin H. Green | z/VM: Linux AutoYast Demo | Adobe PDF |
| Dennis Wunder Carlos Ordonez Michael MacIsaac |
z/VM VSWITCH with failover | Adobe PDF |
| Michael MacIsaac | Migrating Windows Servers to Samba | Adobe PDF |
| Chuck Morse | Linux for S/390 Installation Hands-on Workshop | Adobe PDF |
VM Workshop, Columbus, Ohio, July 28-30, 2011
SHARE 113, Denver, Colorado, August 24-28, 2009
SHARE 112, Austin, Texas, March 11-15, 2009
SHARE 111, San Jose, California, August 11-15, 2008
SHARE 110, Orlando, Florida, February 25-29, 2008
SHARE 109, San Diego, California, August 13-17, 2007
CAVMEN (Chicago Area VM ENthusiasts), June 21, 2007
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Post | What's New with SLES10 and SP1 | Adobe PDF |
| Mark Post | Linux Installation Planning | Adobe PDF |
SHARE 108, Tampa Bay, Florida, February 12-16, 2007
System z9 and zSeries Expo, Orlando, Floriday, October 9-13, 2006
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Post | Linux/390 System Management for the Mainframe Systems Programmer - Part 1 | Adobe PDF |
| Mark Post | Linux/390 System Management for the Mainframe Systems Programmer - Part 2 | Adobe PDF |
| Jim Elliott | Open Standards, Open Source, and Linux | Adobe PDF |
| Mark Post | Replacing Windows Servers with Linux | Adobe PDF |
| Ursula Braun | Linux on System z: What to do when there is a problem | Adobe PDF |
| Mark Post | Selecting a Linux or Linux for System z Distribution | Adobe PDF |
| Mark Post | Linux and Linux on System z Installation Planning | Adobe PDF |
| Ursula Braun | Networking with Linux on System z - Part 1 | Adobe PDF |
| Ursula Braun | Networking with Linux on System z - Part 2 | Adobe PDF |
| Tracy Adams | Virtual Networking with z/VM Guest LANs and the z/VM Virtual Switch | Adobe PDF |
| Tracy Adams | High Availability and Automatic Network Failover of the z/VM VSWITCH | Adobe PDF |
SHARE 107, Baltimore, Maryland, August 14-18, 2006
WAVV (World Alliance of VSE, VM & Linux), Chattanooga, April 7-11, 2006
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Thornton | Advanced CUPS | Adobe PDF |
| Adam Thornton | Automating Linux App Startup | Adobe PDF |
| Adam Thornton | Creating a Linux Appliance Application Toolkit | Adobe PDF |
| Adam Thornton | Printing with CUPS | Adobe PDF |
| Mark Post | Linux/390 System Management for the Mainframe System Programmer | Adobe PDF |
| Mark Post | Replacing Windows Servers with Linux | Adobe PDF |
zSeries Expo, Dusseldorf , Germany, March 20-24, 2006
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| David Boyes | Printing With CUPS | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Advanced CUPS | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Preparing CMS for an IP Version 6 World | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Automating Linux App Startup | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Creating a Linux Appliance Application Toolkit | Adobe PDF |
| Rob van der Heij | Penguins on a Pin Head Experiences with tuning Linux on a P/390 |
Adobe PDF |
SHARE 106, Seattle, Washington, March 5-10, 2006
| Session | Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8320 | Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. | Linux Shell Scripting for the z/VM Rexx User | Adobe PDF |
| 9150 | John Franciscovich | CSE For High Availability and System Management | Adobe PDF |
| 9200 | Jim Elliott | Open Computing and Linux | Adobe PDF |
| 9202 | Jim Elliott | IBM System z and Linux | Adobe PDF |
| 9210 | Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D | Managing a Penguin Farm on the VM Prairie | Adobe PDF |
| 9212 | Jim Vincent | Linux on VM: From Woe to Whoa! Part I - How did we get here, Toto? | Adobe PDF |
| 9213 | Rick Barlow | Linux on VM: From Woe to Whoa! Part II - Where do I put all these cables anyway? | Adobe PDF |
| 9216 | Mike MacIsaac | The Virtualization Cookbook: Day 1 - z/VM | Adobe PDF |
| 9217 | Mike MacIsaac Jin Xiong |
The Virtualization Cookbook: Day 2 - Linux | Adobe PDF |
| 9224/9225 | Mark Post | Linux/390 System Management for the Mainframe System Programmer | Adobe PDF |
| 9270 | Rich Smrcina | Monitoring Network Services with Linux | Adobe PDF |
| 9281 | Mark Post | Replacing Windows Servers with Linux | Adobe PDF |
MVMRUG (Midwest VM Regional Users Group), Columbus, Jan 27, 2006
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| David Boyes | Preparing CMS for an IP Version 6 World | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Introduction to the NJE/IP Bridge | Adobe PDF |
SHARE 105, Boston, Massachusetts, August 22-25, 2005
WAVV (World Alliance of VSE, VM & Linux), Colorado Springs, May 20-34, 2005
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Rich Smrcina | Monitoring your Network with Linux | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Debian/390: So What's the Big Deal? | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Printing with CUPS | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Supercharged VM Startup: A System V-Style INIT Process for VM and Guests | Adobe PDF |
| Mark Post | Linux/390 System Management for the Mainframe System Programmer | Adobe PDF |
| Mark Post | Replacing Windows Servers with Linux | Adobe PDF |
| Christian Bornträger | News on the Linux kernel side: Important changes for zSeries | Adobe PDF |
| Christian Bornträger | Exploiting udev in SLES9 and RHEL4 | Adobe PDF |
Hillgang (US Capitol Area VM and Linux Users Group), March 15, 2005
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis Musselwaite | Virtual Networking with z/VM 5.1.0 Guest LAN and Virtual Switch | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Bacula: No Silver Tapes, Please... | Adobe PDF |
| Neale Ferguson | Mono - .NET for Linux | Adobe PDF |
SHARE 104, Anaheim, California, February 28-March 4, 2005
| Session | Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9200 | Jim Elliott | Linux and Open Source: The View from IBM | Adobe PDF |
| 9202 | Jim Elliott | Linux Platform Options - Selecting Linux on zSeries | Adobe PDF |
| 9206 | Mike MacIsaac | File Serving Solutions Using Samba 3 | Adobe PDF |
| 9207 | Mike MacIsaac | Directory Serving Solutions using OpenLDAP | Adobe PDF |
| 9212 | Gordon Wolfe | Managing a Penguin Farm on the VM Prairie | Adobe PDF |
| 9214 | Mike Reeves | Virtualization in the Real World - A customer experience | Microsoft PowerPoint |
| 9224/9225 | Mark Post | Linux/390 System Management for the Mainframe System Programmer | Adobe PDF |
| 9257 | Volker Sameske | Linux on zSeries Journaling File Systems | Adobe PDF |
| 9259 | Volker Sameske | SCSI IPL for IBM zSeries Server | Adobe PDF |
| 9281 | Mark Post | Replacing Windows Servers with Linux | Adobe PDF |
| 9302 | Oliver Benke | Linux on zSeries Performance Tools | Adobe PDF |
MVMUA (Metropolitan VM Users Association), January 24, 2005
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Jones | Accessing LINUX file systems from CMS | Adobe PDF |
zSeries Expo, Miami Beach, Florida, November 1-5, 2004
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Post | Replacing Windows Servers With Linux | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Printing with CUPS | Microsoft PowerPoint |
| Mark Post | Rebuilding your Linux/390 Kernel from Source | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Automating Linux Application Startup | Microsoft PowerPoint |
| David Boyes | LDAP-Based Mail Routing using Linux | Microsoft PowerPoint |
| David Boyes | File Level Backup without Tape Drives | Microsoft PowerPoint |
| Volker Sameske | SCSI over Fibre Channel Support for Linux on zSeries | Adobe PDF |
| Volker Sameske | SCSI IPL for IBM zSeries Server | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Supercharging VM Startup with SYSVINIT | Microsoft PowerPoint |
SHARE 103, New York, New York, August 16-20, 2004
zSeries Conference, Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, May 10-14, 2004
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Baud | Linux on the Mainframe customer experience at University of Grenoble | Adobe PDF |
| Rob van der Heij | The Art of Squeezing Penguins | Adobe PDF |
| Rob van der Heij | Teaching Penguins to Tell Time | Adobe PDF |
| Rob van der Heij | Linux on z/VM Systems Management | Adobe PDF |
| Rob van der Heij | Linux on z/VM Resource Economics | Adobe PDF |
| Rob van der Heij | Running Linux in Less than Class G | Adobe PDF |
SHARE 102, Long Beach, California, February 23-27, 2004
Hillgang (US Capitol Area VM and Linux Users Group), December 18, 2003
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| David Boyes | Automating Linux Application Startup | Adobe PDF |
| Chris Geddes | Universal Operating System for Diverse Hardware Architectures | Adobe PDF |
| William Scully | Using BIND Mounts to Create A Simplified BaseVol/GuestVol Linux Server | HTML |
SHARE 101, Washington D.C., August 10-15, 2003
| Session | Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9321 | Mike MacIsaac | File Serving Solutions Using Samba | Adobe PDF |
| 9323 | Mike MacIsaac | Directory Solutions Using OpenLDAP | Adobe PDF |
| 9325 | Mike MacIsaac | Print Solutions Using Samba and CUPS | Adobe PDF |
| 9343 | Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D. | Managing a Penguin Farm on the VM Prairie | Adobe PDF |
| 9360 | Oliver Benke | Linux Performance Tools | Adobe PDF |
| 9390 | Steffen Thoss | Linux on zSeries Performance Update | Adobe PDF |
| 9391 | Steffen Thoss | Performance Aspects of a Penguin Colony | Adobe PDF |
Hillgang (US Capitol Area VM and Linux Users Group), June 26, 2003
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Phil Smith III | Simplifying Linux Under z/VM | HTML |
| Reed Mullen | z/VM Version 4 Platform Update | Adobe PDF |
| Bill Bitner | z/VM Guest Performance | Adobe PDF |
WAVV (World Alliance of VSE & VM), Winston-Salem, April 25-29, 2003
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Klaus Bergmann | Linux on zSeries - What's new ? | Adobe PDF |
SHARE 100, Dallas, February 24-28, 2003
MVMRUG (Midwest VM Regional User Group), October 24, 2002
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Rich Smrcina | Linux for S/390 Technical Discussion | Adobe PDF |
SHARE 99, San Francisco, August 19-23, 2002
SHARE 98, Nashville, March 4-8, 2002
Industry Analyst Presentation, August 8, 2001
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| David Mastrobattista | Enterprise Linux on S/390 and eServer zSeries Platforms Enterprise Linux on S/390 and eServer zSeries Platforms |
Adobe PDF MS PowerPoint |
SHARE 97, Minneapolis, July 23-27, 2001
| Session | Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2561 | John Eilert | Understanding Linux® Performance on that "old" workhorse...the Mainframe | HTML |
| 5500 | Adam Thornton | Overview of the Linux Operating System | Adobe PDF |
| 5506 | David Boyes | AFS (Andrew File System) on Linux for S/390 and zSeries | Adobe PDF |
| 5538 | David Boyes | How Many Linux Systems can dance on a Single S/390? | Adobe PDF |
| 5539 | Mark Post | A Linux for S/390 Primer | HTML |
| 5540 | Adam Thornton | Linux Printing | Adobe PDF |
| 5541 | David Boyes | Cloning Linux Images on VM | Adobe PDF |
| 5547 | Rick Troth |
Samba - just a quick look Samba - just a quick look |
Adobe PDF MS PowerPoint |
| 5548 | David Boyes | Linux System Automation using PROP | Adobe PDF |
| 5549 | Neale Ferguson | Linux for zSeries: Early Experiences with 64-bit Linux | HTML |
VM/VSE Tech Conference, May 7-11, 2001
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Ross Patterson | User Experiences with Linux for System/390 User Experiences with Linux for System/390 |
Adobe PDF MS Powerpoint |
| Neale Ferguson | Linux for zSeries: Early Experiences with 64-bit Linux | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | How Many Linux Systems Can Dance on A Single S/390? | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | AFS (Andrew File System) on Linux for S/390 and zSeries | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Linux Enterprise Applications | Adobe PDF |
| David Boyes | Linux Porting Experiences | Adobe PDF |
Metro Detroit Linux User's Group, April 17, 2001
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Post | Linux for S/390 | HTML |
USERblue Long Beach (February 26-28, 2001)
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Harold Pritchett | Regular Expressions - They're not just line noise | Adobe PDF |
Rock Eagle Computing Conference (October 25-27, 2000)
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Cricket Liu | DNS and BIND | Adobe PDF |
Posted to the Web (January 12, 2000)
| Presenter | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Neale Ferguson | An Introduction to Linux (and Linux/390) | HTML |