PowerEL stands for Power Enterprise Linux, it originates from a requirement to have a fully free open source distribution for the IBM POWER platform.
PowerEL stands for Power Enterprise Linux, it originates from a requirement to have a fully free open source distribution for the IBM POWER 8 and higher platform.
The distribution takes it's origin from various Enterprise Linux distributions such as Red Hat, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Fedora, SuSE, and others.
The distribution takes it's inspiration and origin from various Open Source Enterprise Linux distributions such as Red Hat, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Fedora, SuSE, and others.
PowerEL has been optimized for specific CPU features, such as IBM Power8 or higher and Intel x86 AVX or higher, so it only works on cpu's with at least this set of features available.
PowerEL has been optimized for specific CPU features, such as IBM Power8 or higher and Intel x86 AVX or higher, so it only works on cpu's with at least this set of features available.
It provides a very convenient way of more packages out of the box.
PowerEL provides a very convenient way of more packages out of the box.
PowerEL uses the distro tag __pel__ and uses the same ABI as the rhel based systems, so you can use existing binaries on PowerEL.
PowerEL uses the distro tag __pel__ and uses the same ABI as the open source rhel based systems, so you can use existing binaries on PowerEL.
## Architectures ##
## Architectures ##
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## Credits ##
## Credits ##
We would like to thank the following people, who inspired, assisted on this project.
We thank the open source community for all the open source components that made it possible to create this distribution.
We also would like to thank the following people, who inspired, assisted on this project.
