# What is Oracle Linux used for?

What is Oracle Linux used for?

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## Comments
### Comment 1

It is mainly used in industry to host Oracle Databse and other Oracle Applications for the ease of implementation and support.

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### Comment 2

it is one Operating System base on linux kernel supported by Oracle. used for running server side services eg, RDBS, Application Server, File server...

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### Comment 3

Oracle Linux OS is used for multiple purposes . We are using this for  Kubernetes cluster Deployments. 

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### Comment 4

Oracle Linux is an operating system which has high performance and secure .it delivers virtualization, automation and cloud native operating tools along with the OS .
This make it a very good alternative for redhat Linux and Ubuntu based systems .

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### Comment 5

As OS where we run batch jobs to report moderna vaccine reaction details of patients.

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- Author title: Operations Specialist at IQVIA



### Comment 6

We use Oracle linux as base OS on which containerized industry grade 5G applications are deployed for Telecom clients like Telus Canada, Verizon US.

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- Author title: Senior Solution Integrator at Ericsson India



### Comment 7

The main use case for using Oracle Linux was to save millions of dollars migrating from Solaris UNIX. The use of Oracle Linux Cloud provides scalability and a more accurate allocation of resources. Oracle Linux also provides high performance and secure operating environment. Most importantly, Oracle Linux is supported across both hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

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