Linux on Power overview

IBM® Power Systems servers allow you to run Linux® applications, while taking advantage of POWER® hardware performance, availability, and reliability features.

Linux distributions and virtualization options for Power10 Linux on Power servers
Use this topic to find the Linux distributions and virtualization options that are optimized for Power10 processor-based systems that are running Linux.
Linux distributions and virtualization options for POWER8 and POWER9 Linux on Power systems
Use this topic to find the Linux distributions and virtualization options that are optimized for POWER8® servers and POWER9™ servers running Linux.
Linux distributions for POWER6 and POWER7 Linux on Power systems
Use this topic to find the Linux distributions optimized for servers POWER7+, POWER7®, and POWER6® Power Systems servers running Linux.
Processor compatibility modes
Linux on Power® processor compatibility modes, you can run operating system versions that use all the standard features of a previous generation of POWER processor.