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Oracle Linux Overview

What is Oracle Linux?

A highly performant and secure operating environment, Oracle Linux delivers virtualization, management, automation, and cloud native computing tools, along with the operating system, in a single, easy-to-manage support offering. Oracle Linux provides a 100% application binary compatible alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Linux and is supported across both hybrid and multicloud environments.

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Oracle Linux brings the latest Linux innovations to market, delivering extreme performance, advanced scalability, and reliability for enterprise applications and systems along with worldwide, enterprise-class, low-cost support. Optimized for enterprise workloads, Oracle Linux is the only operating system to offer zero-downtime updates.


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Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, hosts, and supports database and middleware software, applications software, and hardware systems.


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"Thought on this OS"
By using this OS, its so convenient and helpful for doing anything, its so user friendly
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3.0 out of 5
"Good one but not the best"
doesnt hang much while using but it could be improved
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"Secure enterprise linux distro"
Security focused distribution. Red Hat based. Enterprise Linux standards. Frequent updates.
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Amaan K.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

A major advantage of Oracle Linux is the method with which the operating system can be updated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Nothing all good but Oracle does not have access to source code for Red Hat Extended Update Support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

By solving my problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Piyush J.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux has a strong focus on security, with features like SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) and auditing capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Limited desktop support is primarily focused on server and enterprise environments, and may not have the same level of support for desktop environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

Linux is optimized for performance, with features like kernel optimizations and memory management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Franky W.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux is stable, robust and innovative! It is compatible with RHEL, but offers much more like online patching and it is open source. Community support is great and has good amount of free updatable RPMs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Not sure if there is something I don't like about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps our company to run multiple applications, middletier and databases. It is the best OS for running Oracle Database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

ORacle is free to use and easy to share. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

The repositories are seem to be on the slower side. It is little bit slower. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

It reduces primarily the cost factor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hammad H.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

It's preloaded with the package and rpm required for Oracle products. It's stable and compatible with Oracle and non-oracle products. Oracle Linux also supports virtualization via OLVM, which is a great add-on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

GUI is not much attractive and straightforward. The installation screen looks too complex. It should be simple, or it should be divided into more pages. Sometime installation seems bit confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:

Oracle Linux is most stable and preloaded with Oracle RPM and Package. It will save your time and effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are running a production Database and ERP on Oracle Linux and using it in R&D. It gives us a sense of more security, high performance, and great support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux is a very reliable and very secure operating system. It has the best security feature called Ksplice, and we can apply security patches without rebooting the server. We have seen Oracle Linux being of stability and uptime. Oracle charges low cost compared to other distros. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

There aren't many things to dislike about it, except that Oracle Linux is only available in the Oracle cloud and not in the public cloud, so we can't use it in other cloud environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using the Ksplice security function, we can apply fixes to the server without having to reboot it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KISHAN P.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Easy to use and configuration for java and oracle technologies is much more comfortable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Nothing to dislike about this. It has very confined boundary fro certain use cases so you have to go beyond some limits Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:

It is very efficient and good OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

Kernal configuration is very easy and handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shivam M.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

It has to notch compatiblity with centos and RHEL which ease its integration.It has n number of features.

It is very easy to implement and user friendly which increases the frequency of user and the best part is they provide premimum customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

There are some open source packages which is not compatible with oracle linux and they have less focus on open source forums. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps to run my applications which helps in my day to day routine jobs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aman K.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

-Based on Linux kernel , a stable,reliable,

and scalable OS

-Primarily used for deploying and running

Oracle Databases

-Also very useful in managing operating

systems, web servers traffic serviellance

etc.

-Provide Smooth and efficient workflow

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What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

One improvement is that it provide much like closed nature of system and

Oracle is pushing towards cloud computing

Maintaining this OS behind firewall is cumbersome process

Support process is not good

Sometimes solution is not user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

-Currently using Oracle ERP for that we

have to use Oracle Linux

-Provide efficient solutions and increase

the productivity and business

performance is also increasing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Terry E.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

It's easy to adjust to this Linux, and it's integration with Oracle Database software and VirtualBox is handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Honestly, just the price for support services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's a solution that allows for standalone Oracle database solutions from OS to software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.