[cfarm-users] [cfarm-announces] New IBM LinuxONE s390 machines: cfarm191 and cfarm192

[Sean McGovern]

Hi!

On Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 09:24 CFarm Annoucements via cfarm-announces <
cfarm-announces at lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We are happy to announce the immediate availability of cfarm191 and
> cfarm192, which are IBM LinuxONE virtual systems hosted by Marist
> University in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA.
>
> They are the first machines in the farm with a s390 CPU architecture.
>
> cfarm191 is running Debian 13 "trixie", while cfarm192 is running Ubuntu
> 26.04 "Resolute".
> Both machines have 8 cores, 16 GB of memory, and 1 TB of storage assigned.
>
> Many thanks to IBM for sponsoring the systems and to Marist University for
> hosting them!
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Oooh this is super cool!

Would it be appropriate to do Debian package work on these?

Also separately, does it have a COBOL compiler already installed, or should
I build my own?

-- Sean
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