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= Ubuntu PowerPC 64-bit Little-endian (ppc64el) =

 * Ubuntu Server for IBM POWER (ppc64el) is available since 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) release and newer.

== Main Documents ==

 * [[ppc64el/CommonQuestions|Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)]]
 * [[ppc64el/Recommendations|Recommendations]]
 * [[ppc64el/ThirdParty|Third Party applications]]
 * [[ppc64el/uKVM|Using Ubuntu as a KVM hypervisor]]
 * [[ppc64el/Openpower | Ubuntu on OpenPower Hardware]]
 * [[ppc64eel/sbuild | Creating a sbuild on ppc64el]]

== Supported versions ==

{{attachment:ubuntu-release-chart-ppc64-hotfix.png}}

== Hypervisor support per version ==

||<style="text-align: center;"> '''Release''' ||<style="text-align: center;"> ''' KVM guest''' ||<style="text-align: center;"> '''Baremetal''' ||<style="text-align: center;"> '''Baremetal + KVM hypervisor''' ||<style="text-align: center;"> '''PowerVM''' ||
|| '''21.10^*^''' ||<style="text-align: center;"> X ||<style="text-align: center;"> X ||<style="text-align: center;"> X ||<style="text-align: center;">  ||
|| '''20.04 LTS''' ||<style="text-align: center;"> X ||<style="text-align: center;"> X ||<style="text-align: center;"> X ||<style="text-align: center;">  ||
|| '''18.04 LTS''' ||<style="text-align: center;"> X ||<style="text-align: center;"> X ||<style="text-align: center;"> X ||<style="text-align: center;"> X ||

For more details see [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack|LTSEnablementStack]].

^*^ Standard Release has support for [[https://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life | only 9 month]]

== Reference ==
 * [[https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/fe313521-2e95-46f2-817d-44a4f27eba32/?lang=en|PowerLinux blog]]
 * [[https://plus.google.com/102119199525047582842/about|G+ PowerLinux Community]]
 * [[https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=fe313521-2e95-46f2-817d-44a4f27eba32|Linux on Power Community]]
 * [[ppc64el/Free ppc64el hardware access| Free ppc64el access]]
 * [[ppc64el/References|References Documents]]
 * [[ppc64el/KVM1404|Ubuntu 14.04 as a Hypervisor]]
 * [[ppc64el/EarlyReleases| Ubuntu Early Releases]]
 * [[ppp64el/Docker| Docker on Ubuntu/ppc64el]]
 * [[ppc64el/LXD| LXD]]
 * [[ppc64el/PPA| Enabling PPA for ppc64el]]
 * [[https://github.com/open-power/docs/tree/master/opal|Petitboot documentation]]
 * [[https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/petitboot | Petitboot Mailing List]]
 * [[ppc64el/machines | Supported machines ]]
 * [[ppc64el/SoftwareRAID | Installation Instructions for Software RAID ]]
 * [[ppc64el/MultipathSupport | Support for Multipath devices ]]
 * [[ppc64el/nova-compute-power | Deploying Nova Compute on PowerKVM with Juju Charms]]


== Download ==

 * [[https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases/21.10/release/|21.10 daily build]]

 * [[http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/focal/daily-live/current/|20.04 daily build]]

 * [[https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases/18.04.6/release/|18.04 daily build]]
   * [[http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/bionic/main/installer-ppc64el/current/images/netboot/|Netboot]]

 * [[http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/xenial/daily/current/|16.04 daily build]]
   * [[http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/xenial/main/installer-ppc64el/current/images/netboot/|Netboot]]