Linux is a foundational operating system for enterprise IT organizations. In fact, according to the Linux Foundation, Linux is the primary platform for cloud...
Linux is a foundational operating system for enterprise IT organizations. In fact, according to the Linux Foundation, Linux is the primary platform for cloud and is experiencing continual growth. But are all Linux distributions the same? In this white paper, the analyst company, Evaluator Group reviews Oracle Linux, taking a close look at what differentiates it based on input from users that have moved their environments from Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Oracle Linux. In-depth...
Linux is a foundational operating system for enterprise IT organizations. In fact, according to the Linux Foundation, Linux is the primary platform for cloud and is experiencing continual growth. But...
Oracle OpenWorld 2019 and Oracle Code One went by in a flash. It was a wonderful week, packed with great content. There was a fun new vibe at the conference,...
Oracle OpenWorld 2019 and Oracle Code One went by in a flash. It was a wonderful week, packed with great content. There was a fun new vibe at the conference, lots of learning, and much to inspire and celebrate. Below are some of the Oracle Linux and virtualization highlights. We launched Oracle Autonomous Linux, which marks a major milestone in the company’s autonomous strategy. Oracle Autonomous Linux, along with the new Oracle OS Management Service, is the first and only...
Oracle OpenWorld 2019 and Oracle Code One went by in a flash. It was a wonderful week, packed with great content. There was a fun new vibe at the conference, lots of learning, and much to inspire and...
Oracle recently announced the general availability of Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager. This new server virtualization management platform can be easily...
Oracle recently announced the general availability of Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager. This new server virtualization management platform can be easily deployed to configure, monitor, and manage an Oracle Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) environment with enterprise-grade performance and support from Oracle. Installing the new Manager and getting Oracle Linux KVM servers connected for your test or development environment is simple and can be done very...
Oracle recently announced the general availability of Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager. This new server virtualization management platform can be easily deployed to configure, monitor, and manage...
Thanks to Chuck Anderson, Linux kernel developer, Oracle, for compiling the information in this post. Enhancements to mainline Linux continue at a steady pace,...
Thanks to Chuck Anderson, Linux kernel developer, Oracle, for compiling the information in this post. Enhancements to mainline Linux continue at a steady pace, though we don’t always hear a lot about this work. With the 5.1 release upon us, we wanted to give a shout out to some important and notable additions that the 5.0 release brought to bear. Some we chose because our kernel developers are directly involved, some because they affect Oracle workloads, and others simply...
Thanks to Chuck Anderson, Linux kernel developer, Oracle, for compiling the information in this post. Enhancements to mainline Linux continue at a steady pace, though we don’t always hear a lot about...
Did you know that in 2017, U.S. federal agencies reported 35,277 cybersecurity incidents for their IT systems? And that in 2018, malicious cyber activity cost...
Did you know that in 2017, U.S. federal agencies reported 35,277 cybersecurity incidents for their IT systems? And that in 2018, malicious cyber activity cost the U.S. economy between $57-109 billion dollars? This new GovLoop market trends report discusses the challenges facing government agencies. Like private enterprises, federal agencies need layers of protection in their data centers and clouds. Several things have been happening in the Oracle Linux group to help our...
Did you know that in 2017, U.S. federal agencies reported 35,277 cybersecurity incidents for their IT systems? And that in 2018, malicious cyber activity cost the U.S. economy between $57-109 billion...
We are pleased to announce the availability of the Oracle Linux KVM Image and the Oracle Linux Storage Appliance application on Oracle Cloud Marketplace. ...
We are pleased to announce the availability of the Oracle Linux KVM Image and the Oracle Linux Storage Appliance application on Oracle Cloud Marketplace. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) now provides ready access to these images for fast and easy deployment using the embedded Marketplace in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You can launch these applications directly from the Marketplace on your OCI Compute instance. With a few clicks, you can get your Oracle Linux KVM and...
We are pleased to announce the availability of the Oracle Linux KVM Image and the Oracle Linux Storage Appliance application on Oracle Cloud Marketplace. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)...
Have you ever wondered why so many customers choose Oracle Linux to support their mission critical workloads? Or how using Oracle Linux can improve security...
Have you ever wondered why so many customers choose Oracle Linux to support their mission critical workloads? Or how using Oracle Linux can improve security patching, reduce downtime, increase systems performance or offer better licensing terms? In this short video, 3 different customers explain how Oracle Linux has provided them specific advantages. First we hear from Kristl, Seibt & Co who explains how Oracle Linux reduces their time and cost for patching significantly. ...
Have you ever wondered why so many customers choose Oracle Linux to support their mission critical workloads? Or how using Oracle Linux can improve security patching, reduce downtime,...
With so many kernel updates released, it can be difficult to keep track. At Oracle, we monitor kernels on a daily basis and provide bug and security updates...
With so many kernel updates released, it can be difficult to keep track. At Oracle, we monitor kernels on a daily basis and provide bug and security updates administrators can apply without a system reboot. To help out, the Ksplice team has produced the Ksplice Inspector, a web tool to show you the updates Ksplice can apply to your kernel with zero downtime. The Ksplice Inspector is freely available to everyone. If you're running any Ksplice supported kernel, whether it is...
With so many kernel updates released, it can be difficult to keep track. At Oracle, we monitor kernels on a daily basis and provide bug and security updates administrators can apply without a...
In a previous blog post, I described the steps to streamline the pre-installation steps on Oracle Linux for Oracle Database 12c using the Database...
In a previous blog post, I described the steps to streamline the pre-installation steps on Oracle Linux for Oracle Database 12c using the Database preinstallation package. In this post you will learn how to do a fully automated installation of Oracle Database 12c on Oracle Linux running in an Oracle VM VirtualBox guest. The tutorial is based on a Vagrantfile published in our Vagrant repo on GitHub. Because this installation method uses VirtualBox, Vagrant and an Oracle...
In a previous blog post, I described the steps to streamline the pre-installation steps on Oracle Linux for Oracle Database 12c using the Database preinstallation package. In this post you will learn...
