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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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K Bharath K.
KK
K Bharath K.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Oracle Linux in 2025: Reliable, Secure, and Cloud-Ready?"
Free and RHEL-compatible: 100% binary-compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, without licensing fees. Stable and Secure: Enterprise-grade secu...
Deepak G.
DG
Deepak G.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"A Reliable and Secure OS for Enterprise Environments"
Oracle Linux offers exceptional stability and performance, especially in enterprise-level applications. Its compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise L...
Smart E.
SE
Smart E.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Reliable, Secure, and Enterprise-Ready Linux Distribution"
Oracle Linux stands out for its stability and enterprise-grade performance. I particularly appreciate its compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Lin...

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Oracle Linux Pros and Cons

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saladi S.
SS
Counsultent
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Zero-downtime patching:Oracle Linux offers zero-downtime patching,which means that users can patch their servers without shutting them down, which can save a lot of time.

high performance :Oracle Linux offres high performance , which can be benificial for business that need to process a lot of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Poor support for cpanel: Oracle Linux does not support cpanek, which is a popular control panel for web hosting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Cost -Effective: Oracle Linux offers a lower total cost of ownership compared to other enterprise Linux distributions.

Support: Oracle Linux offres comprehensive support ,including 24/7 assistance and errata patches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apurba S.
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Data Entry Operator
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux 9 release contains new features and enhancements that improve performance in different areas including automation and management, security and compliance, container management, and developer tools. These especially designed to make the OS adaptable to different types of deployment such as on-premises installations, hybrid deployments that combine on-premises and cloud installations, and full cloud deployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Release to its later official version is not supported. If you are running the Developer Preview version, you must reinstall the official Oracle Linux release upon its general availability . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It delivers virtualization, management, automation, and cloud native computing tools, along with the operating system, in a single, easy-to-manage offering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Roshan S.
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Software Engineer
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Security is one of the maine feature in all Oracle software.

Perfomance: utilize with the maximum capabilty in terms of efficiency and speed.

24*7 End user support helping ease of use.

Compatible with other software across variouse domain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Interface.

Limitations with a few third party support.

Ultimately cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Here we are using to handeling our Ott data and handeling keep the all record's about maintenance, and updates.

Handeling the maintenance and running smoothly world's one of the busiest port The Dubai Port (D P World). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prakash K.
PK
Managing Director
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

It is one of the best Operating system for website hosting on vps server. It is easy to setup and you can find its commands online Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

smaller community support in comparision of ubuntu or centos server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It helped my deploy aapanel on my vps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Juliano R.
JR
Database Specialist
Telecommunications
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

It is the most optimized OS for using Oracle Database, the most tuned kernel for AFD, and, by default, the best tuned for database performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux support is no longer free for those who purchase Oracle Database Enterprise, it requires a separate contract. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It drastically reduces unavailability problems for those with Oracle Database and performs excellently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amaan K.
AK
Founder
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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.
PJ
Intern
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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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.
FW
Database Specialist
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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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.

VB
software engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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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.
HH
Oracle DBA | Application Apps DBA | Middleware Admin
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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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.