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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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Recent Oracle Linux Reviews

K Bharath K.
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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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Gaurav K.
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Lead Software Engineer-I : Informix Product Support
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux is the best OS so far i have used in my entire carrier. It is almost same as redhat linux and you also get a same feel like you are using redhat linux. The best part of oracle linux is their support team which is far better than redhat support. And moreover its cheaper and we are also planning to use oracle cloud computing for future business plan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

There is nothing which i dislike about this product. Even the support team is way ahead than RHEL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Earlier we were using Redhat Lunux which is costlier than oracle linux. Even the support team is way better than redhat linux. Even as a future we are planning to use oracle cloud for our business. Their sales people come to our office and execute the architecture for our organisation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rana Adnan A.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux supports virtualization, easy management for hybrid and multi- cloud environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

A composite solution having all the features for smooth business operations so no dislike as of now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Cloud and Multicloud environment scalability while ensuring and safety and security for both. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sahil G.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux is very useful for long-term usage because of its pricing plan and it is very cost-effective as compared to other cloud VM providers plus oracle linux is very good for development and production purpose. Oracle Linux is general purpose OS so we can use it as per our requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux is good but as compared to other vendors oracle doesn't provide so much add-ons services as compare to other vendors this will specifically apply for production usage for development purposes or use oracle Linux in production with customization that it is good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Oracle Linux is very simple to use because it doesn't contain complex configuration and it is very flexible to use in various use cases plus cost is also good for long term Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

full control to add/remove needed software, free, etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Many needed accessories are missing in the base version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Providing base operating systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mutaz (معتاز) M.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Since the OS is designed specifically for running a database instance and its services, everything is more streamlined, robust, reliable and the performance is as good as it gets. Adding the fact that its essentially free and you only pay for support makes it an ideal choice for SME. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

If you plan on running many services on a single server that does not have support for Linux, you don't have a choice but to virtualize Oracle Linux or go for the Windows version of Oracle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:

Whether you are an SME or a large enterprise, using Oracle Linux has many advantages being affordable (free if you can manage it in-house) and scalable for a variety of environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Running Oracle Linux instead of the Windows version of Oracle has greatly reduced the system resources required for the same processing. Transactions simply get done much faster. Given the robust nature of Linux vs Windows, the downtime is almost none existant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohammed S.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Following are the below points.

1) Easy availability to download from Oracle Offical website.

2) Runs with good stability and lesser know kernel bugs or crashes.

3) Easy patching, patch availability is also easy.

4) Availability of ksplic is an awesome feature for patching without downtime upgrades. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Following are downsides.

1) Support license cost

2) Additional subscription required to get errartas and for quick support requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:

Enterprise tech companies can consider Oracle Linux without a second thought if you are looking to host Oracle Database, Oracle Linux works like charm with Oracle DataBase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

1) Well tested by the Oracle development team on kernel bug fixes.

2) With well-tested OS, lesser-known issues from OS bugs perspectives.

3) On-time addressed security patch availability from Oracle repos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

that can be used for the most cost-effective and integrated Oracle Cloud Infrastructure operating environment.

it is multifunctional, it supports all the functions of a server, it can run on multiple operating systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

incompatibility and complexity has an approach to keywords similar to the cobol structure, its use is limited to a specific program domain it has a domain-specific declarative language that is limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

is solving problems with the database

help with the relational model users view data in tables with rows/columns format. complete security in the production and test environment and backup management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Its a preinstalled suit and its nice. I used to test so many scenarios and workflows in oracle linux and its pretty same like redhat but i willl not rate oracle linux compared to redhat, which is more optimised. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Ui is not great and compared to redhat,the experiemce is not that great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Ui issues, i used to test the backup workflows. Its good to have it come as a package. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

we are using it for the last 10 years it is very secure and very reliable very easy to manage we have all servers installed on Oracle Linux like Oracle database Oracle application and Squid server. Very secure and very easy to mange just minimal install than yum install and update we have premium support so we are very happy to use it . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

still not face any problem we have support is Awesum 24/7 no issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:

please use this software we are very happy and very easy to manage very secure no need extra hardware this is one of the best Operating system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

very secure and up to date compatible with every database and many many futures are and very reliable before this we had a lot of problems no need to extra hardware just install on desktop PC Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

infant r.
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What do you like best about Oracle Linux?

Oracle linux have is the enterprise linux which have the proper support , so in case of any critical issues we can get the support. And also the patches will be released often for critical bugs & easy to administer , most probably it gives better performance with oracle DB. Overall it's a nice OS platform to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?

Obviously the price of oracle OS , not only OS support , any oracle product is costly which cannot be afford by all companies.And the compatibility with the hardware vendors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:

Oracle linux is one of the best OS which i can recommend as the second & the first will be RHEL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Especially performance issues are solved in oracle linux , it have great document with clear explanation on how to fine tune the performance & works great with oracle DB Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.