Recent Posts by Honglin Su

According to Flexera 2020 State of the Cloud Report, 93 percent of enterprises have a multicloud strategy and 87 percent have a hybrid cloud strategy to serve their business needs. Most enterprises have adopted a mix of multiple public and multiple private clouds. However this approach often leads to unnecessary complexity.  Research from the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) indicates that 78% of organizations run different Linux distributions in the public cloud than they do...

As you may know, in December 2020 IBM/Red Hat announced that CentOS Linux 8 will end in December 2021. Additionally, the updates for CentOS Linux 6 ended on November 30, 2020. If your organization relies on CentOS, you are faced with finding an alternative OS. The lack of regular updates puts these systems at increasing risk for major vulnerabilities with every passing day. A popular solution with minimal disruption is to simply point your CentOS systems to receive updates...

If you are reading this blog, you are probably a CentOS user and are in the position where you need to look at alternatives going forward. Switching to Oracle Linux is easy, so here are a few reasons to consider why you should. Free to download, use, and distribute — for more than 14 years Since the debut of Oracle Linux release 4, in 2006, it has been completely free to use and easy to download. Major and update release have been free for more than 14 years. Errata releases...

OpenSSL cryptographic module for Oracle Linux 7.5 and 7.6 has just received FIPS 140-2 Level 1 certification. This is the first completed FIPS 140-2 certification with the latest Oracle Linux 7.6 update, ahead of any other Linux distributions. This certification adds to recent, related certifications and advancements, which enable Oracle Linux to deliver more security features that can help keep systems secure and improve the speed and stability of your operations on...

Oracle is a committed and active member of the Linux community and is a gold sponsor of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2019 (Shanghai, June 24-26, 2019). A founding platinum member of The Linux Foundation® and also a platinum member of Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), Oracle is dedicated to the worldwide success of Linux for organizations of all sizes and across all industries. Oracle continues to expand its commitment to open source and cloud...

Oracle is pleased to announce that Oracle Linux 7 received Common Criteria Certification which was performed against the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) General Purpose Operating System v4.1 and additionally at Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 1. Common Criteria is an international framework (ISO/IEC 15408) which defines a common approach for evaluating security features and capabilities of Information Technology security products. A certified product is one...

This post is contributed by Robert Shimp, Group Vice President of Product Management and Strategy, Oracle Linux and Virtualization.  For several years now we have seen the decomposition of applications into microservices running on container infrastructure with developers and operations collaborating using DevOps methodologies. This week at KubeCon, Oracle is introducing its Cloud Native Framework, a consistent, aligned, and unified collection of cloud services and on-premises...

Oracle is pleased to announce Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment, a curated set of open source Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) projects that can be easily deployed, have been tested for interoperability, and for which enterprise-grade support is offered. For several years now we have seen the decomposition of applications into microservices running on container infrastructure with developers and operations collaborating using DevOps methodologies. Enterprises are...

Oracle is pleased to announce the availability of the developer preview for Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 as part of our ongoing goal of making Oracle Linux the distribution for development. The Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 Developer Preview includes the following kernel packages: kernel-uek-4.14.35-1818.2.1.el7uek.x86_64 The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5, which is the default kernel. kernel-3.10.0-933.el7.x86_64 The latest Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK). To get started with...