Oracle Linux

Oracle Linux

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Oracle Linux	Score 8.8 out of 10	N/A	Oracle Linux, which is application binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is free to download, use, and share. There is no license cost, no need for a contract, and no usage audits. 24/7 enterprise-grade support is available for business critical environments. A single support offering includes virtualization, management, HA, and cloud native computing tools such as Kubernetes and Kata Containers, along with the Linux operating system. The vendor states that as the only Linux…	$0 per month

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Community Pulse
	Oracle Linux
Considered Both Products	Oracle Linux Verified User Director Chose Oracle Linux As CentOS Linux was nearing the end of life, we weighed up either remaining on an unsupported platform (CentOS Linux), migrating to CentOS Stream, or migrating to Oracle Linux. Oracle Linux was the best choice, as the cutting-edge nature of CentOS Stream made it unsuitable for … Incentivized Helpful? Mehrdad Salmannouri Director of IT Chose Oracle Linux Not user friendly and do not have a good support and documents in compare with Oracle Linux Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Executive Chose Oracle Linux Running on all the dedicated servers Incentivized Helpful? Francisco Teixeira de Morais Jr Oracle Database Administrator Chose Oracle Linux Oracle Linux works very well with Oracle Database and makes it very easy to install, not to mention how good the performance is. It's also very easy to maintain and get support from vendors when needed. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User General Manager Chose Oracle Linux Performance frequently updates patches and security. Incentivized Helpful? PD Priyanka Dhuria Senior Consultant Chose Oracle Linux Both of the alternatives provided a strong competition but Oracle Linux emerged as the absolute winner as the feature to update the kernel without downtime is a game-changer and the level of support provided is at par the market standards. Also, stability was a key decisive … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Oracle Linux Oracle Linux became the obvious choice amongst its competitors due to its speed, agility, flexibility, and support from Oracle engineers. The ease of use was one of the major reasons for choosing Oracle Linux over the above-operating systems. Also, the cost of operations, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Oracle Linux Oracle Linux is of Enterprise version and it provides security patches in timely intervals and it has good support when compared to the other. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Oracle Linux Oracle Linux is better suited for Oracle eccentric environments, while RHEL is better for open source projects. Incentivized Helpful? Thiago Ferreira Application System Engineer -Latam Chose Oracle Linux Oracle Linux is the best option when you are working with Oracle Database or any Oracle application. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Oracle Linux The best thing about Oracle is that it is free. Support is also at a reasonable cost. It works well for all Oracle products. Our company product is based on Oracle database. It provides an edge there. It works well in a cloud environment that is compatible with other standard … Incentivized Helpful? Juan Manuel Gonzalez-Sicilia Blanco Service Chain Operations Manager Chose Oracle Linux Stability is a plus vs Suse. Debian and RH are pretty much the same. Incentivized Helpful? Alex Chalik Senior Oracle DBA Chose Oracle Linux As DBA I manage Oracle databases, Oracle Linux is the easiest to manage to compare other vendors. Support from the same OS and DB vendor saves a lot of time. Incentivized Helpful? Melissa Hallam Game Developer Chose Oracle Linux RedHat is going to discontinue CentOS, so Oracle is the best alternative that we have reviewed so far. We run Oracle databases and so far we have not had any major complications, but in the coming months, it will be the definitive replacement for CentOS on our part. since it is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Oracle Linux I needed reliable data, more than fast data and the Oracle acid is like nothing else. Incentivized Helpful? Eram Fatema Sayed Systems Engineer Chose Oracle Linux The Oracle Linux definitely comes on the top when it comes down to being easily available as its platform-independent. This is where the masses lie as we have moved to a hybrid work environment where keeping everyone on the same devices is no more required. Linux stands out as … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Oracle Linux Easy to install and maintain the database and also the high availability, as DBA we prefer to use Oracle Linux because its performance together with the DB, with RHEL we could face many issues installing and maintaining the database things that definitely doesn't happen with … Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose Oracle Linux I believe it is the best and security. Incentivized Helpful? Gerardo Daniel Student System Administrator Chose Oracle Linux It is easier to install Oracle Database thanks to the pre-install package. Incentivized Helpful? AR ANDERSON RAMOS IT Sênior Analist Chose Oracle Linux I decided to use Oracle Linux after a lot [of] positive feedback from other companies and friends that work in the same área. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Oracle Linux Oracle Linux is very similar to RHEL, we selected Oracle Linux because Oracle provided us with a great support plan. Incentivized Helpful? Ibrahim Jaward Branch Support ICT Technician Chose Oracle Linux Absolutely awesome. Oracle Linux is robust and faster for multiple users connections. There are many improvements in terms of security to the operating system. Incentivized Helpful? Phillip Munzenzi Insurer Consultant Chose Oracle Linux It's a friendly operating system which has many actually provide space for thousands of other products even those of our competitors as Oracle. The best need is excellence in service to our members of staff who are more accustomed to products like libre office, Microsoft office … Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Open source Pro Easy to use Pro Oracle database
Top Cons	Minus User interface Minus Compatibility issues Minus Graphical user

Best Alternatives
	Oracle Linux
Small Businesses	Ubuntu Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Oracle Linux
Likelihood to Recommend	8.8 (90 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.3 (81 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Oracle Linux
Likelihood to Recommend	Oracle Oracle Linux is a very good and useful combination of the stability of Rhel and support for Oracle Databases. Our organisation uses an application and a database combo that we offer to the client but after the inclusion of Oracle Linux into our infrastructure, the provision and the operation cost are reduced significantly. So I would recommend using Oracle Linux when you are using multiple on-premises DB servers and want to move to a more secure, organised, and fast operating system. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Oracle We use Oracle Linux distro for every customer. The OS is very easy and absolutely free to develop/host and update our customers' apps and data across the globe. I personally use it in my lab to practice and test some personal stuff We have Oracle Linux database, WebLogic, and e-business suite hosted on Oracle Linux. It is used across our whole organization in running critical applications. It is robust, easy to manage and administer, with rock-solid stability and very minimal server reboots or performance issues. I would highly recommend Oracle Linux over other operating systems. Oracle Linux is trusted in high-volume, transactional, mission-critical production IT environments. Oracle’s Linux support is relied upon for applications that require continuous or near-continuous availability Application performance in general was enhanced as a result of the migration to Oracle Linux from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Oracle Linux-based VMs are used in our case for hosting a spark-based cluster for processing big data-based workloads. Those VMs have better security configurations and are patched. It has built-in installed packages which come in handy for a developer to start the development activity for the project. We are using Oracle Linux as our primary Linux distribution deployed for our customers, but also for testing purposes on multiple test and UAT environments. Currently, it is used mainly by our department. We aim to provide commercial technical support for customers for our products, and thanks to the Oracle Linux Support program which covers Oracle Linux, we are getting assistance if needed. I work across many different types of organizations. In some cases, Oracle Linux is being used for all database servers across the entire organization. In some cases, it is being selectively rolled out to replace legacy Unix systems. Plus in a few isolated cases, I've helped to replace Windows database servers with Oracle Linux. The common theme across all these different types of organizations is that they want the best Linux for running Oracle, which is pre-tuned and optimized as well as well supported by the database vendor. Oracle Linux wins hands down on these points. Incentivized Pravin Wagh Associate Tech Lead Read full review
Cons	Oracle TigerVNC needs some fine tuning in Oracle Linux 8.4. AutoTuning of Kernal Parameters for Oracle Databases based on the available hardware resources. Embedded IPA Solutions to manage large number of Oracle Linux Systems. Simple commands for LUN management. Proactive SELinux policy violation message to administrator's mailbox. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Oracle One of the most robust Linux distributions is Redhat, its forks have given rise to infinite business models and distributions that have defined the market. Oracle Linux, obviously developed by the tech giant Oracle, is constantly releasing a flexible and incredibly stable product while adding its own bunch of new features. Among the most notable is the "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel" (UEK). Incentivized kibrom Haftu✔ Senior IT and System Auditor Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Oracle The Oracle Linux definitely comes on the top when it comes down to being easily available as its platform-independent. This is where the masses lie as we have moved to a hybrid work environment where keeping everyone on the same devices is no more required. Linux stands out as it allows the industry workers to implement BYOD in all environments. Software as a service is truly done by Linux. I don’t want to switch to other platforms anymore. Incentivized Eram Fatema Sayed Systems Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	Oracle Oracle Linux provides technical advances that Solaris UNIX does not while saving millions of dollars. Oracle Linux supports automated patching and easy maintenance, allowing less downtime for users and developers. Oracle Linux is recommended for applications already on Oracle Database and using other Oracle products and software. Oracle Linux is a secure, stable, and high-performance operating system that allows hybrid or cloud platforms. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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