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Oracle Linux product description

Automate product release and end-of-life managementOracle Linux (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. It is compiled from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code, replacing Red Hat branding with Oracle"s. It is also used by Oracle Cloud and Oracle Engineered Systems such as Oracle Exadata and others.
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Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Oracle Linux (Oracle)
 

Oracle Linux release strategy

Oracle Linux Premier Support and Oracle Linux Basic Support for Oracle Linux program releases 5, 6, 7, and 8 are available for ten years from the date a release of the Oracle Linux program becomes generally available. Support for Oracle Linux program may be extended for additional three years with Oracle Linux Extended Support. Unlike RHEL, Oracle Linux does not support point releases once a newer one is available. Once a new minor point release is available, the older one is immediately considered end of life and users must upgrade to continue receiving security updates. For example once 8.5 gets a general release, 8.4 is immediately end of life.

Oracle Linux properties & statistics

Product
Oracle Linux
Vendor
Oracle
Latest version
9.4
Number of releases
6
Number of versions
52
Number of unstable versions
0
Number of versions affected by CVE
3
Licence
GNU General Public License v2
Last verification date
2024-09-25
 

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