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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…
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What is Oracle Linux?
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What is Oracle Linux?
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 distribution with zero-downtime automated patching for kernel, hypervisor, and critical user-space libraries, Oracle Linux improves performance of all workloads and is optimized–out of the box–for Oracle software. Autonomous Linux, a self-patching, self-tuning, high-performance implementation of Oracle Linux is available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
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- Supported: Zero-downtime automated patching for kernel, hypervisor, and critical user-space libraries
- Supported: Optimized–out of the box–for Oracle software
- Supported: A single support offering includes Linux, virtualization, management, HA, and cloud native computing tools
- Supported: Available on premises, in the cloud, and as Autonomous Linux
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| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Linux |
| Mobile Application | No |
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October 16, 2023
Why you should switch from CentOS to 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 any customer-facing or mission-critical systems, and the end of support for CentOS Linux would leave our business exposed to unnecessary risks.
May 17, 2022
Perfect
Not user friendly and do not have a good support and documents in compare with Oracle Linux
May 16, 2022
Oracle Linux my way to go
Running on all the dedicated servers
May 16, 2022
Very happy to use 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.
May 13, 2022
Oracle Linux insights
Performance frequently updates patches and security.
April 24, 2022
ORACLE LINUX REVIEW 2022 -- A Performance Beast
- Ubuntu Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
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 factor for us as Oracle Linux provides stability and users were quickly able to adapt to the system. This increased our productivity to a great extent.
April 24, 2022
Oracle Linux is Here and Its Here to STAY!!
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, management, and retention were significantly quite low. This made Oracle Linux a very easy and quick choice for our organisation.
March 31, 2022
Oracle Linux is one of the best.
Oracle Linux is of Enterprise version and it provides security patches in timely intervals and it has good support when compared to the other.
March 02, 2022
Replace Solaris Unix with Oracle Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Oracle Linux is better suited for Oracle eccentric environments, while RHEL is better for open source projects.
Oracle Linux is the best option when you are working with Oracle Database or any Oracle application.
February 21, 2022
Edge of Oracle Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SCO UnixWare 7
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 products.
February 11, 2022
Very Good OS
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Debian OS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Stability is a plus vs Suse. Debian and RH are pretty much the same.
February 10, 2022
Oracle Linux is obvious choice for Oracle DB
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Solaris and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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.
February 01, 2022
Ready to run databases in Oracle
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 what best resembles what we have been using
January 31, 2022
Oracle Linux Customer Review
I needed reliable data, more than fast data and the Oracle acid is like nothing else.
January 17, 2022
The power of 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 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.
January 13, 2022
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
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 Oracle Linux, especially for the new version 8.5 that we use recently.
January 06, 2022
centos will do the trick at no cost
- CentOS Linux, Debian OS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
January 05, 2022
Perfect solutions
I believe it is the best and security.
January 04, 2022
Oracle Linux is my favorite OS
It is easier to install Oracle Database thanks to the pre-install package.
January 03, 2022
My best experience with 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.
January 03, 2022
Oracle Linux review
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Oracle Linux is very similar to RHEL, we selected Oracle Linux because Oracle provided us with a great support plan.
December 31, 2021
Experience with Oracle Linux OS usage
Absolutely awesome. Oracle Linux is robust and faster for multiple users connections. There are many improvements in terms of security to the operating system.
December 30, 2021
Authentic review based on popularity of the product in our country.
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 word, access, excellent and PowerPoint applications. Etc
December 28, 2021