The OPAL firmware referenced below is designed to allow a Linux operating system to run directly on the POWER8 system. Note: If you are running Ubuntu 14.04 non-virtualized, you need to upgrade the kernel packages to get cpufreq support. Over time, this capability is available in the open-source communities, so new versions of other Linux distros are expected to be enabled for this support as well. There is no PowerVM LPAR layer, and there is no PowerKVM hosting layer. It is also possible to run Ubuntu 14.04 directly on these systems, which the development teams refer to as non-virtualized mode, or "bare-metal".
Ubuntu 14.04 is generally available today and fully supported as a PowerKVM guest on the IBM Power Systems shown below:įor more details on Ubuntu 14.04 - see Canonical's What’s new in 14.04 LTS document. We show how Ubuntu can be installed directly on the OPAL firmware, and run as a single-image operating system directly on the system. The sounds are offered under the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license and are composed and produced by Sam Hulick.This technical preview tutorial explains how users of IBM's latest POWER8-based scale-out Linux servers can try Ubuntu running non-virtualized. To download the sounds and the installation script hit the button below. His script also enables system sounds, something Ubuntu disabled by default in the previous LTS. I’ll leave that up to them,” Hulick notes.īut don’t be downbeat Hulick has made the files available to download under a Creative Commons license, and packaged them up with a handy installation script that automatically put the files where they need to be (albeit overwriting the default sounds, so be warned). “The design team may incorporate them into a future patch and perhaps enable them by default. Sadly for most of us Canonical has not okayed the sounds for inclusion in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. You can listen to the former in the player below. Hulick’s melodic start-up sound is called “ It’s a Newbuntu”, while the replacement for the triple drumbeat sound that trills on the login screen is simply titled “ Ready”. The self-confessed fan of Ubuntu spoke of his intentions to create the musical riffs back in September, 2013, and was approached by Canonical shortly after to contribute a ringtone to Ubuntu for Phones. Award winning composer Sam Hulick, famed for his music scores in top tier gaming titles like Mass Effect, has released a set of alternative start-up sounds for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
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