Oracle Linux 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Oracle Linux

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About Oracle Linux

Oracle Linux is an open-source operating system that helps businesses streamline application development and virtualization operations of cloud-based applications. The application allows IT teams to apply security patches to a running kernel via Oracle Ksplice, eliminating system reboots or downtimes.

It enables administrators to handle security management operations for various hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. Oracle Linux allows employees to deploy system updates and optimize IT infrastructures via a unified portal. Additionally, it lets users capture information about independent software vendors (ISVs) by searching across online catalogs and analyze the behavior of the operating system.

Oracle Linux helps employees track Linux kernel releases, handle data encryption processes and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). The application is available to users for free and support is extended via phone, email, documentation and other online measures.

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Oracle Linux Pricing and Plans

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Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

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Oracle Linux Features

Popular features found in Operating Systems
App Management
Data Security
Kernels
System Updates
More features of Oracle Linux
Cloud Computing
Configuration Management
Container Scanning
Continuous Integration
Data Migration
Desktop Interface
Encryption
File Management
For Developers
Memory Management
Network Monitoring
Policy Management
Resource Allocation
Runtime Container Security
User Interface
Virtual Machine Monitoring

Oracle Linux Integrations

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Oracle Linux User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

56%

33%

11%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.1

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.4

Manuel Ángel G.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2022

A Great Choice for Enterprise Linux Deployments

Overall, my experience with Oracle Linux has been positive. I have found it to be a fairly stable and reliable platform, which has made it a good choice for use in production environments. The platform has a wide range of features and options that make it customizable to meet the needs of different organizations, and it is generally well-documented. I have also found the Oracle support team to be responsive and helpful when I have needed assistance.

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Pros:

There are many things that I like about Oracle Linux, but some of my favorite features include the easy-to-use interface, the wide range of applications and tools that are available, and the fact that it is very stable and reliable. - It is supported by Oracle Corporation and offers a high level of security, stability, and performance.- Oracle Linux is easy to install and maintain, and it comes with a wide range of applications that can be used for various purposes.- It is highly customizable and can be easily adapted to meet the specific needs of a business or organization.- Oracle Linux provides a stable and reliable platform for running mission-critical applications.

Cons:

There wasn't anything that I particularly disliked about Oracle Linux. I found it to be a very reliable and stable operating system.

Reasons for choosing Oracle Linux

There are a few reasons why I chose Oracle Linux over alternative products, it is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, so it is very stable and reliable, it comes with Oracle Enterprise Manager, which is a great management tool and it is well supported by Oracle.

Gian Marco C.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Simply all I need

I've been using Red Hat for several years, then CentOS and now Oracle Linux save my time and let me to feel free from "Big Brothers"-like software sources

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Pros:

In my opinion the best totally free Red Hat-like Operating System

Cons:

Nothing so bad to be remarked. I suggest to create /var/log filesystem by default.

Reasons for switching to Oracle Linux

Upgrading from CentOS 7 to centOS 8 and 9 is a real madness. I needed something simple with no forced subscriptions

Wassim I.

Verified reviewer

Computer Networking

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2023

Oracle Linux: An Oracle Linux Distribution with a Lot of Issues on Virtualization Platforms

Well-developed Linux distribution. A lot of issues on virtualization software.

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Pros:

I enjoyed the pre-deployed Oracle database and drivers provided by Oracle on top of a free Virtual Machine that can run on their virtualization platform (VirtualBox). This simplifies a lot the intricate Oracle database configuration and makes the preconfigured VM a very suitable choice for beginners and students. The Linux kernel is very well-developed and supports the standard shell platforms (zsh, csh, bash, ksh, etc). I use Oracle Linux for deploying the servers at the business logic layer (Apache Tomcat) and at the data persistence layer (Oracle Database 12c). The container virtualization is very efficient and I always use it for testing client/server security protocols.

Cons:

The operation of Oracle Linux on Virtual Box is so slow and suffers from many GUI glitches such as resolution changes between runs and frequent crashes. I believe this is an issue in Virtual Box though.

Verified

Reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2021

Red Hat Linux pre-customized to run Oracle

We use Oracle Linux when it is part of a vendor's specification for their application, so we don't use it as much as regular Red Hat Linux, although it works pretty much exactly the same for management, updates, etc.

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Pros:

It is free to use and download (you must pay for support, of course). It is basically Red Hat enterprise Linux, and updates are available as soon as regular Red Hat updates are released. Support costs less than Red Hat. It comes somewhat pre-configured to run Oracle (e.g. users/groups, kernel settings, etc), so it's good to have for an Oracle database server. One neat little thing I particularly like is that it comes pre-configured for updates, so you don't have to guess and tweak your yum settings.

Cons:

I honestly cannot think of anything bad to say about it. Sure, it's more complicated than Windows, but you know that getting into it, and the stability, performance, and efficiency you get in return more than makes up for it.

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Ideal secure linux distribution

Excellent Linux distribution that is capable in Cloud support, virtualization, and container management

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Pros:

The feature of this program that I enjoy particularly is that it includes functional and practical packages and assistance for developers to assist them in setting up the perfect development platform. Its ability to interface with other Red Hat services and Linux distributions is another feature.

Cons:

Since it is a Linux system, we shouldn't hope the ui to be as good as Mac OS or perhaps even Windows, but it is undoubtedly rather limited. However, the ui, particularly for beginners, is adequate enough for basic daily chores. Although I generally use the shell and shell scripts to handle apps instead of the GUI, I would argue that the GUI makes it much simpler to handle program adding and deletion, exactly like in Windows.

Maha S.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

Oracle Linux: A Linux System that is not Very User-Friendly

Good experience when using Oracle Linux for Server testing however the execution on top of virtualization software was not very appealing.

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Pros:

We used Oracle Linux to test with the preconfigured Oracle VMs using VirtualBox the Oracle's desktop virtualization software. It is nice to have Oracle software (mainly Oracle Database and SQL Developer) preinstalled and configured in the VMs. I usually do some updates on the VMs and share it with my students to have all the software ready for the course. I used Oracle Linux for running database servers (Oracle and MySQL) and Web Servers (Apache Tomcat). The performance was very good and the concurrency support was highly acceptable on commodity hardware.

Cons:

Many issues when running the Oracle Linux VMs on top of Virtual Box made the experience a bit disappointing. The desktop system wasn't stable and changed resolutions frequently. It took us a lot of research to resolve it partially but it was hard to communicate those resolutions to students in a short period of time in a semester or so.

Ronald C.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

a distribution with high capacities, performance and oriented to developers

I started using this distribution due to the need to have and be able to create an ideal development environment and with this distribution I was able to do it, integrate it with my IDE, database, web servers and others, it has been of great benefit and a unique experience and above all everything is an easy distribution to configure and manage

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Pros:

What I like the most about this tool is that as a developer it has good tool packages and support to be able to set up an ideal development environment. Also that it is a distribution that can be integrated with other red hat services and other linux distributions

Cons:

So far it is my ideal distribution to develop

Verified

Reviewer

Computer Software

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2021

Free O.S.

Overall it is a very good O S

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Pros:

It's free, has excellent memory management, and is very safe to use.

Cons:

It does not have a friendly interface with the average user, however it is something that you get used to using, there are also programs that are not compatible with Linux.

Chandrakeerthan P.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2023

Best OS

My overall experience with Oracle Linux is good and its best used for cloud computing services and Iaas.

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Pros:

The best feature of orcale linux is the technical or client support which is very appreciable.The installation process is very simple here and its can be specifically customized according to the organizations requirements.The user-interface is very friendly.

Cons:

I cant find dislikes about Oracle linux because its a better operating system than the others.

Verified

Reviewer

Research

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Oracle Linux works great for running Oracle databases and other compatible Oracle products

It's an excellent OS for running Oracle products, those familiar with CentOS or RHEL will be right at home.

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Pros:

It is basically CentOS and now that CentOS is going to be discontinued by RedHat it seems like a viable alternative. We use it to run Oracle databases and related products at the moment, but in the coming months it may start to be used as a replacement for CentOS in other areas of our infrastructure.

Cons:

If you want to use Oracle Linux as an alternative to CentOS, you have to take in to consideration that the default kernel is optimised for Oracle databases. It does come with a RedHat compatible kernel as well, so you may need to switch to that based on your intended usage.

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