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Like all other versions of Linux, Linux on IBM Z is governed by the GPL [[free software]] license. Complete Linux on IBM Z [[source code]] is available from numerous parties on a free and equal basis, and architectural support is part of the main Linux kernel effort. IBM assigns several of its programmers to the community effort, but IBM is by no means the only participant.
 
Though there are no obstacles to running any Linux on IBM Z distribution on an IBM z System, IBM routinely tests three particular Linux on IBM Z distributions: [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux|Red Hat]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Linux on IBM Z/IBM LinuxONE tested platforms|date=7 June 2024 |url=https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6191619|publisher=IBM|access-date=23 July 2024}}</ref> [[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server|SUSE]],<ref>{{cite web|title=IBM Z: Linux on IBM Z - Resources - Tested platforms|url=https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/os/linux-tested-platforms|publisher=IBM|access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref> and starting in 2015, [[Canonical (company)|Canonical]]'s [[Ubuntu|Ubuntu Linux]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Linux on IBM Z tested platforms|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6191619|publisher=IBM|access-date=2 Nov 2021}}</ref> Other notable Linux on IBM Z distributions include [[Debian]] (upstream for Ubuntu),<ref>{{cite web|title=S/390 Port|url=http://www.debian.org/ports/s390/|publisher=Debian|access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref> [[Fedora Linux|Fedora]] (downstreamupstream for RHEL),<ref>{{cite web|title=Architectures/s390x|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/s390x|publisher=Fedora Project|access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref> [[Slackware]],<ref>{{cite web|title=The Slack/390 Linux Project|url=http://www.slack390.org/|publisher=Slackware Inc.|access-date=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223154310/http://www.slack390.org/|archive-date=23 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[CentOS]], [[Alpine Linux]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=downloads {{!}} Alpine Linux|url=https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=alpinelinux.org}}</ref> and [[Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Project:S390|url=https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:S390|publisher=Gentoo|access-date=16 October 2014}}</ref>
 
Nearly every free or open-source software package available for Linux generally is available for Linux on IBM Z, including [[Apache HTTP Server]], [[Samba (software)|Samba]], [[JBoss]], [[PostgreSQL]], [[MySQL]], [[PHP]], [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]], [[Concurrent Versions System]] (CVS), [[GNU Compiler Collection]] (GCC), [[LLVM]], [[Perl]], and [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/36369|title = Add s390x support by uweigand · Pull Request #36369 · rust-lang/Rust|website = [[GitHub]]}}</ref> among many others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Debian autobuilder status for s390, 29 April 2013|url=https://buildd.debian.org/stats/s390.txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624195211/https://buildd.debian.org/stats/s390.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2013|publisher=Debian|access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref>
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