Oracle Linux
About Oracle Linux
Oracle Linux is an open-source operating system designed to help businesses handle virtualization, development, and management of cloud-native applications. The platform enables users to streamline performance tracking and security management operations for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.
Oracle Linux allows employees to optimize IT infrastructures, view source codes and binaries, and deploy software updates. IT professionals can search the integrated catalog to gain information about independent software vendors (ISVs) and their applications running on the operating system. It also helps administrators monitor the performance of enterprise workloads, reduce total cost of ownership (TCO), and track the latest Linux kernel releases. Oracle Linux enables users to handle hardware-accelerated memory encryption for securing active data stored in RAMs, CPU caches, or CPU registers.
Oracle Linux facilitates binary-code compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It lets software developers monitor and analyze the behavior of the operating system and user programs through a tracing framework, DTrace.
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- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
A Great Choice for Enterprise Linux Deployments
Reviewed on 2022/10/26
Overall, my experience with Oracle Linux has been positive. I have found it to be a fairly stable...
Overall, my experience with Oracle Linux has been positive. I have found it to be a fairly stable and reliable platform, which has made it a good choice for use in production environments. The platform has a wide range of features and options that make it customizable to meet the needs of different organizations, and it is generally well-documented. I have also found the Oracle support team to be responsive and helpful when I have needed assistance.
Pros
There are many things that I like about Oracle Linux, but some of my favorite features include the easy-to-use interface, the wide range of applications and tools that are available, and the fact that it is very stable and reliable. - It is supported by Oracle Corporation and offers a high level of security, stability, and performance.- Oracle Linux is easy to install and maintain, and it comes with a wide range of applications that can be used for various purposes.- It is highly customizable and can be easily adapted to meet the specific needs of a business or organization.- Oracle Linux provides a stable and reliable platform for running mission-critical applications.
Cons
There wasn't anything that I particularly disliked about Oracle Linux. I found it to be a very reliable and stable operating system.
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UbuntuReasons for Switching to Oracle Linux
There are a few reasons why I chose Oracle Linux over alternative products, it is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, so it is very stable and reliable, it comes with Oracle Enterprise Manager, which is a great management tool and it is well supported by Oracle.- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Simply all I need
Reviewed on 2024/12/30
I've been using Red Hat for several years, then CentOS and now Oracle Linux save my time and let me...
I've been using Red Hat for several years, then CentOS and now Oracle Linux save my time and let me to feel free from "Big Brothers"-like software sources
Pros
In my opinion the best totally free Red Hat-like Operating System
Cons
Nothing so bad to be remarked. I suggest to create /var/log filesystem by default.
- Industry: Computer Networking
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Oracle Linux: An Oracle Linux Distribution with a Lot of Issues on Virtualization Platforms
Reviewed on 2023/07/30
Well-developed Linux distribution. A lot of issues on virtualization software.
Well-developed Linux distribution. A lot of issues on virtualization software.
Pros
I enjoyed the pre-deployed Oracle database and drivers provided by Oracle on top of a free Virtual Machine that can run on their virtualization platform (VirtualBox). This simplifies a lot the intricate Oracle database configuration and makes the preconfigured VM a very suitable choice for beginners and students. The Linux kernel is very well-developed and supports the standard shell platforms (zsh, csh, bash, ksh, etc). I use Oracle Linux for deploying the servers at the business logic layer (Apache Tomcat) and at the data persistence layer (Oracle Database 12c). The container virtualization is very efficient and I always use it for testing client/server security protocols.
Cons
The operation of Oracle Linux on Virtual Box is so slow and suffers from many GUI glitches such as resolution changes between runs and frequent crashes. I believe this is an issue in Virtual Box though.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10
Oracle Linux: A Linux System that is not Very User-Friendly
Reviewed on 2023/08/02
Good experience when using Oracle Linux for Server testing however the execution on top of...
Good experience when using Oracle Linux for Server testing however the execution on top of virtualization software was not very appealing.
Pros
We used Oracle Linux to test with the preconfigured Oracle VMs using VirtualBox the Oracle's desktop virtualization software. It is nice to have Oracle software (mainly Oracle Database and SQL Developer) preinstalled and configured in the VMs. I usually do some updates on the VMs and share it with my students to have all the software ready for the course. I used Oracle Linux for running database servers (Oracle and MySQL) and Web Servers (Apache Tomcat). The performance was very good and the concurrency support was highly acceptable on commodity hardware.
Cons
Many issues when running the Oracle Linux VMs on top of Virtual Box made the experience a bit disappointing. The desktop system wasn't stable and changed resolutions frequently. It took us a lot of research to resolve it partially but it was hard to communicate those resolutions to students in a short period of time in a semester or so.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Red Hat Linux pre-customized to run Oracle
Reviewed on 2021/07/29
We use Oracle Linux when it is part of a vendor's specification for their application, so we don't...
We use Oracle Linux when it is part of a vendor's specification for their application, so we don't use it as much as regular Red Hat Linux, although it works pretty much exactly the same for management, updates, etc.
Pros
It is free to use and download (you must pay for support, of course). It is basically Red Hat enterprise Linux, and updates are available as soon as regular Red Hat updates are released. Support costs less than Red Hat. It comes somewhat pre-configured to run Oracle (e.g. users/groups, kernel settings, etc), so it's good to have for an Oracle database server. One neat little thing I particularly like is that it comes pre-configured for updates, so you don't have to guess and tweak your yum settings.
Cons
I honestly cannot think of anything bad to say about it. Sure, it's more complicated than Windows, but you know that getting into it, and the stability, performance, and efficiency you get in return more than makes up for it.
Oracle Linux FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Oracle Linux.Q. What type of pricing plans does Oracle Linux offer?
Oracle Linux offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Not Available
Oracle Linux is available to users for free.
Q. Who are the typical users of Oracle Linux?
Oracle Linux has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Oracle Linux support?
Oracle Linux supports the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Q. Does Oracle Linux support mobile devices?
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Q. What other apps does Oracle Linux integrate with?
Oracle Linux integrates with the following applications:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Q. What level of support does Oracle Linux offer?
Oracle Linux offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep)
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