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Oracle Linux

Overview

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…

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Recent Reviews

Oracle Linux insights

9 out of 10
May 13, 2022
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In my organization, we already use Oracle Linux, as experiments, for projects with Zabbix, Grafana, Syslog server, IPAM, and Elastic …
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Edge of Oracle Linux

10 out of 10
February 21, 2022
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Our supply chain product uses various platform that is hosted on different OSs like Unix, Linux, Windows. Earlier it was supported on Red …
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Director in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees
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Pricing

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Oracle Linux

Oracle Linux

Free

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…

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.oracle.com/linux/support.ht…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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What is Oracle Solaris?

Oracle Solaris is a Linux operating system which was originally developed by Sun Microsystems and became an Oracle product after the acquisition of Sun in 2010.

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Product Demos

What’s new – Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager 4.3

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Oracle Linux 6 Update 2 Install for Oracle 11g Database Demo

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Product Details

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.



Oracle Linux Features

  • 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

Oracle Linux Video

Watch this short video from ESG to learn about the value and difference of Oracle Linux.

Oracle Linux Competitors

Oracle Linux Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsLinux
Mobile ApplicationNo

Oracle Linux Downloadables

Frequently Asked Questions

Oracle Linux starts at $0.

CentOS Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and vSphere Data Protection Advanced (discontinued) are common alternatives for Oracle Linux.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.2.

The most common users of Oracle Linux are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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October 16, 2023

Why you should switch from CentOS to Oracle Linux

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
7
The free support is nonexistent, but that said, Oracle Linux is so close to CentOS that if your sysadmins have a solid knowledge of RHEL or Centos, they should not need the support. Oracle's paid support options are aggressively pushed to customers (and so the lower rating), although you can opt-out from these sales calls, and they will mark your record as such.
May 16, 2022

Very happy to use Oracle Linux.

Francisco Teixeira de Morais Jr | TrustRadius Reviewer
Francisco Teixeira de Morais Jr
Oracle Database Administrator
Kyndryl (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
8
Every time my team needed support for Oracle Linux, it was promptly attended by highly skilled professionals, and the answers to the problems were all very accurate, which helped us a lot in solving the problems we had.
April 24, 2022

ORACLE LINUX REVIEW 2022 -- A Performance Beast

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Priyanka Dhuria
Senior Consultant
JK Tech (Consumer Services, 501-1000 employees)
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
8
The humungous support followed by Knowledge articles, playbooks, and Community makes an exciting product to be with. Apart from the support plans. The response time is also very good. I have experienced friendly support engineers that helped me come out of big production issues with their swift response and help. Way to Go !! Cheers.
April 24, 2022

Oracle Linux is Here and Its Here to STAY!!

Verified User
Consultant in Engineering
Telecommunications Company, 51-200 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
8
The ease of use, highly available server, and speed make it shine across its competitors. The huge community and the oracle support engineer are the best in what they do and they help us achieve the desired state of the IT infrastructure as required by my organisation. I am extremely happy and satisfied with the value brought in by the use of Oracle Linux in our company.
March 02, 2022

Replace Solaris Unix with Oracle Linux

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Investment Management Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
6
Oracle Linux response is quite slow, taking days to weeks for a resolution. Oftentimes, the feedback is unhelpful, and no resolution is provided but only recommendations. The support and technical documentation have room for improvement.
January 29, 2022

Advantages of Oracle Linux

kibrom Haftu✔ | TrustRadius Reviewer
kibrom Haftu✔
Senior IT and System Auditor
Lion International Bank S.C. (Banking, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
8
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).
January 17, 2022

The power of Linux

Eram Fatema Sayed | TrustRadius Reviewer
Eram Fatema Sayed
Systems Engineer
Tata Constancy Services (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
8
Quick & [on-point] response is what I would say for the support team. There hasn’t been trouble ever since we get in touch with them and ask for help for any major or minor trouble we have been facing. Moreover, the team is very accurate with their solutions and detailed orientated. With such [a] high-performance application and agile environment, a team as such is great at hand.
January 13, 2022

Oracle Linux

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Support Rating
Using Oracle Linux until now we didn't get any issue, that means we didn't raise any SR to Oracle regarding OS issues for out environment, with Windows we face several problems such that I can't describe all here.
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