IBM provides Linux benefits and resources to help you with all phases of product development and support.
IBM offers no-cost and low-cost offerings of our latest hardware, operating systems, and middleware for developing, migrating, testing, demonstrating, and marketing your products and solutions. These offerings include remote and onsite access, buy or lease discounts with flexible terms, and intensive hands-on assistance from IBM technical experts.
developerWorks Linux Zone
Technical information, code, articles, links, and tools galore await you at this Linux developer's dream site.
Web support for Power running Linux
IBM Power Systems offers a wide variety of web-based support, including documentation, web forums, support information, and information on Chiphopper.
Linux Community Development System
The Linux Community Development System provides you with access to a Linux on S/390 environment for the purpose of providing the Open Source community with a platform to develop, port and/or test drive your products or applications on this platform. Linux Community Development System.
Get project support for application development via e-mail
Through e-mail, IBM Business Partners can get assistance in locating and using resources for building solutions with IBM hardware, storage, and operating systems, with special access to technical information, step-by-step guides, the Virtual Loaner Program, and Solution Sizing Guides.
Locate an IBM Distributor
For supply and delivery questions, get answers to your technical questions when you are not entitled to Techline. How to engage: Direct to IBM Distributor (contact PartnerWorld Contact Services if you need help locating an IBM Distributor).
developerWorks forums for Linux
Use IBM developerWorks chat forums to get answers to Linux-related technology questions you need.
Solaris to Linux migration forum
The Solaris to Linux Migration Forum is a collaborative web support forum where customers, partners, administrators, developers, and IBMers can post questions, concerns, news, or tricks they've learned to collaboratively support migrating from Solaris to Linux on IBM hardware and software platforms.
Extended assistance
Get extended assistance with Techline
Premier and Advanced Business Partners and Member level Business Partners who have purchased a value pack can obtain pre-sales technical support to help design, size, configure and propose customer solutions based on IBM products and services. Simply complete the Techline question submission form.
Linux services at the IBM Innovation Centers
The centers provide technical consultants to help you build and test your Linux applications remotely or on site. Linux workshops are offered at no charge to help increase your skills and knowledge. Experts will also help your applications pass Red Hat and Novell certification requirements.
Rapid Port and Response Assistance
The IBM Rapid Port service provides IBM technical specialists to help you have a commercially available application immediately supported on a selected platform when you have a sales opportunity you're trying to close. The service provides porting assistance to address technical issues with applications, hardware products & adapters, and Linux distributions.
Linux Technology Center and Competency Centers
The IBM Linux Technology Center works directly with the Linux development community to continually improve Linux. The Linux Technology Center tracks the range of technical contributions that IBM across its organization is making to Linux, as well as the contributions of related development communities.
Virtual Loaner Program
The Virtual Loaner Program provides no-charge remote access to IBM System p systems, operating systems and middleware for developing, testing, certifying, and supporting your applications on IBM System p systems.
Linux TestDrive
For a full range of needs and resources, IBM Business Partners can test drive Linux on all IBM eServer platforms. We offer no-charge and fee-based access for short- and long-term engagements.
Linux services at the IBM Innovation Centers
The centers provide technical consultants to help you build and test your Linux applications remotely or on site. Linux workshops are offered at no charge to help increase your skills and knowledge. Experts will also help your applications pass Red Hat and Novell certification requirements.
Hardware mall: Purchase or lease new systems
IBM System offerings for Solution Developers and Systems Integrators to support application development and testing to help keep development cost down.
Hardware discounts and leases
IBM System offerings for Solution Developers and Systems Integrators to support application development and testing to help keep development cost down.
Ready for IBM eServer with Linux (Chiphopper™) Part of the larger IBM Application Advantage™ for Linux (Chiphopper™) offering, Ready for IBM eServer with Linux illustrates that your solution is ported and enabled for Linux on IBM eServer platforms. Learn more.
Ready for Linux on DB2 Successfully complete your solution validation testing and send your results to the Ready for IBM DB2 for Linux validation team. Once we verify your results, you and your solution will be listed in the Ready for IBM DB2 for Linux software catalog in the Global Solutions Directory
Ready for IBM Systems with Linux (Chiphopper™)
Part of the larger IBM Systems Application Advantage™ for Linux (Chiphopper™) offering, Ready for IBM Systems with Linux illustrates that your solution is ported and enabled for Linux on IBM Systems platforms. Learn more.
Ready for Linux on DB2
Successfully complete your solution validation testing and send your results to the Ready for IBM DB2 for Linux validation team. Once we verify your results, you and your solution will be listed in the Ready for IBM DB2 for Linux software catalog in the Global Solutions Directory.
