[wellylug] Free Remote Access to LinuxPPC64 Servers for Open Source Developers
Jo Booth
thegeek at mangee.net.nz
Sun Apr 2 13:16:35 NZST 2006
On 31/03/2006, at 21:17 , Jethro Carr wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I got an email from IBM, which is offering free access to insanely
> powerful machines for developers.
>
> The original email is attached.
>
>
> --
> Jethro Carr
IBM are good like that, I've had an account on a couple of their
servers for several years. Very useful for testing stuff out.
-Jo.
>
> I am mailing a few of the more active Linux User Groups in
> Australia to=20
> make them aware of community-based remote access systems that have
> become=20
> available. These systems are open to any Open Source Linux
> developer=20
> interested in developing / porting / or just tinkering w/ Linux on=20
> high-performance 64-bit IBM POWER5 or PPC970 systems. In the case
> of=20
> Australian National University's system - brought on-line last week
> - they=20
> are hosting a 4-way system w/ 16GB of RAM. This system can be a
> great=20
> place to test SMP and memory scalability. If any of your members
> are=20
> interested in working on these systems they are more than welcome
> to=20
> request an account. Additional systems will be added in the
> coming=20
> months.
>
> Australia National University: (http://clug.anu.edu.au/)
>
> Other systems being hosted world-wide include:
>
> Oregon State University Open Source Lab - PPC970 running Gentoo (
> http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/PPC64/Home)
> SourceForge.net compile farm - POWER5 running SLES (
> http://sourceforge.net/docs/compile_farm#cf_overview)
> University of Portland Linux on Power Portal - POWER5 running SLES (
> http://egr.up.edu:8080/)
> University of Augsburg Debian on PowerPC - POWER5 running Debian (
> http://tuxppc.rz.uni-augsburg.de/)
> Linux on Power @ Peking University - POWER5 running SLES (
> http://ppclinux.pku.edu.cn/)
>
>
> Thank you for your time, and if you have any questions, please feel
> free=20
> to let me know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robert MacFarlan
> Strategist
> ISV Global Solutions Enablement
> IBM
>
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