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Oracle Linux

Oracle Linux (abbreviated OL, formerly known as Oracle Enterprise Linux or OEL) is a Linux distribution packaged and freely distributed by Oracle, available partially under the GNU General Public License since late 2006. It is, in part, compiled from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code, replacing Red Hat branding with Oracle's. It is also used by…

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RHEL compatibility

Linux kernelsOLTPInfiniBandSSDNUMA
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Hardware and software compatibility

CiscoDellHPEIBMLenovo
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Software updates and version history

AkamaiContent delivery network
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Benchmark submissions

TPC-CSun FireIntel XeonSPECjEnterprise2010Oracle WebLogic Server
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Default user interface
GNOME and KDE (user-selectable)
Developer
Oracle Corporation
Initial release
4.5 / 26 October 2006; 19 years ago (2006-10-26)
Kernel type
Monolithic (Linux)
Latest release
10.1 / 2 December 2025; 8 months ago (2 December 2025)
License
GNU GPL & various others

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RHEL compatibility

Hardware and software compatibility

Virtualization support

  • KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine

Deployment inside Oracle Corporation

Related products

Specific additions

Benchmark submissions

SPARC version

Software updates and version history

Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux

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Oracle Linux

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples157
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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Oracle Linux

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related to history · 21
Oracle Linux → Akamai, Available, Based, Currently, Development Kernel, Enterprise Linux, In March, In September, Linux, Linux Kernel, LTS, N/A, Oracle, Oracle UEK-specific, Oracle's, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, RHEL, TB, They, UEK-NEXT
related to Specific additions · 20
Oracle Linux → Ansible, As, AWX, Cloud Native Environment, CNCF, DTrace, Is, Ksplice, Ksplice Inc, Kubernetes, Linux, Linux Manager, October, Oracle, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Linux Automation Manager, Oracle Linux KVM-based, Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, OS Management Hub Is, Solaris
related to RHEL compatibility · 16
Oracle Linux → Btrfs, I/O, InfiniBand, Linux, NUMA-optimizations, OCFS2, OLTP, Oracle Corporation, Oracle's, RDS, Red Hat Compatible Kernel, Reliable Datagram Sockets, RHCK, RHELUnbreakable Enterprise Kernel, SSD, UEK
related to Sun Fire systems · 15
Oracle Linux → EjOPS, In March, Intel Xeon, New-Order, Oracle, Oracle DB, Oracle WebLogic Server, R2, SPECjEnterprise Operation/second, SPECjEnterprise2010, Sun Fire, The, TPC-C, Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel, With
related to Deployment inside Oracle Corporation · 13
Oracle Linux → E-Business Suite, Fusion Middleware, IT, Oracle, Oracle Applications, Oracle Corporation, Oracle Database, Oracle Global IT, Oracle Public Cloud, Oracle University, Oracle's, SaaS Oracle On Demand, Software
related to SPARC version · 13
Oracle Linux → At Oracle OpenWorld, In December, In October, John Fowler, Linux, Oracle, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Oracle's Executive Vice President, Oracle's Linux, Oracle's SPARC, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SPARC, Systems
related to Hardware and software compatibility · 12
Oracle Linux → Arm-based, Cisco, Dell, HPE, IBM, In July, ISVs, Lenovo, Oracle VM, Oracle/Sun, Supermicro, Third-party
related to Virtualization support · 7
Oracle Linux → KubeVirt, KVM, Oracle Cloud Native Environment, Other, The Oracle Linux, VMware, Xen-based Oracle VM
related to Cisco UCS systems · 5
Oracle Linux → Cisco, The UCS, TPC-C, UCS, Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R2
related to Container and orchestration support · 5
Oracle Linux → Docker, It’s, Linux Containers, LXC, Oracle Container Runtime

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linux oracle kernel enterprise available based versions systems support sparc oracle's rhel cloud software container also release run red hat

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Oracle LinuxDefault user interfaceGNOME and KDE (user-selectable)1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxDeveloperOracle Corporation1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxInitial release4.5 / 26 October 2006; 19 years ago (2006-10-26)1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxKernel typeMonolithic (Linux)1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxLatest release10.1 / 2 December 2025; 8 months ago (2 December 2025)1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxLicenseGNU GPL & various others1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxMarketing targetEnterprise and cloud computing1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxOfficial websiteoracle.com/linux1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxOS familyLinux (Unix-like)1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxPackage managerRPM Package Manager1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxSource modelOpen source1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxSupported platformsx86-64, ARM641.00infobox
Oracle LinuxUpdate methodDNF (PackageKit)1.00infobox
Oracle LinuxWorking stateCurrent1.00infobox

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