IBM has added a new capability to its virtualization platform that will allow <A HREF="http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/29/IBM-adds-Linux-apps-support-to-Unix-servers_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/29/IBM-adds-Linux-apps-support-to-Unix-servers_1.html">Linux applications to run on IBM's Unix servers,</A> the company announced Tuesday. The "Lx86" capability, to be included in IBM's PowerVM virtualization software, allows x86-based Linux applications to run on IBM's System p and Power-based Unix systems without modification, according to IBM. The systems will automatically detect and run Linux-based binaries designed for x86 environments.