--- title: Oracle Linux Reviews meta\_title: 'Oracle Linux Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 349 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Oracle Linux works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 349 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Ubuntu](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ubuntu") Ubuntu 4.5/5(2,399) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ubuntu/reviews) [ ![Red Hat Enterprise Linux](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat Enterprise Linux") Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6/5(977) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/reviews) [ ![Windows 7](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Windows 7") Windows 7 4.2/5(903) ](https://www.g2.com/products/windows-7/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-linux/competitors/alternatives) # Oracle Linux Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Oracle Linux but has limited features. Are you part of the Oracle Linux team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! 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. 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Senior web developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/27/2026 "RHEL-Compatible and Easy CentOS Migration, but Oracle’s Open-Source Support Feels Weak" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Oracle Linux? RHEL compatibility - was easy to migrate from Centos Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oracle Linux? Oracle has not prooven to be a great fan of Opensource software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you? Needed to migrate from EOL Centos 7 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Hardik J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hardik J.") HJ Hardik J. Senior Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/17/2024 "Good one but not the best" 3/5 What do you like best about Oracle Linux? doesnt hang much while using but it could be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oracle Linux? UI can be little improved. there are other better UI in the market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you? We used that as a server and it pretty much solved what we intended for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Piyush J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Piyush J.") PJ Piyush J. Intern Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/1/2024 "Stable operating system" 3/5 What do you like best about Oracle Linux? Oracle Linux has a strong focus on security, with features like SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) and auditing capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oracle Linux? Limited desktop support is primarily focused on server and enterprise environments, and may not have the same level of support for desktop environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you? Linux is optimized for performance, with features like kernel optimizations and memory management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Narasimman S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Narasimman S.") NS Narasimman S. Principal Test Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/4/2022 "Oracle linux" 3/5 What do you like best about Oracle Linux? We use oracle linux in our enviroment for a decade , it performs better with oracle database , easy knowledge base. Best support team who works 24/7 to troubleshoot. Available for on-prem & in cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oracle Linux? Not compatible with all hardware vendors , integration with other database wil be bit difficult. The major dislike is the cost , it's not affordable by small cap/mid cap companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux: Zero downtime patching feature , performance will be good with oracle DB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you? System Uptime will be maintained , runs excellently with oracle database which gives excellent performance. Zero downtime automated patching will be achieved in oracle linux environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite YJ Yuan J. Director of IT - Infrastructure Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/21/2022 "Oracle Linux Review" 3/5 What do you like best about Oracle Linux? Oracle Linux is same as Redhat Enterprise Linux when it is running on standard Redhat compatible kernel Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oracle Linux? I don't like their UEK kernel (UEK: Oracle's Unbreakable Enterpirse Kernel) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux: Oracle may force you to pay licenses to use Oracle Linux - look at what they did to Jave SE. But this is only a concern so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you? Regular Linux Applications such as LAMP. Benefits are you don't have to pay for support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") AB Verified User in Banking Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/19/2022 "OL-Rev" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Oracle Linux? Based in RPM which is easy to keep updated, also you can use Centos repos and the subscriptions are cheapest than Redhat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oracle Linux? In version 8.x OCI depends on what Redhat/IBM is doing with the distribution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux: The support is a great point to evaluate in case you use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you? like any other Linux distribution, you can do everything, but the benefits are related whit the costs, for example, the bundled with weblogic and oracle db. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") CI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/18/2022 "Not very commonly used, although it's compatible with CentOS/RHEL." 2.5/5 What do you like best about Oracle Linux? compatible with RHEL/CentOS. Had a strong and trusted engineering team to support it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oracle Linux? not very commonly used. Oracle Linux has not been adopted well in the industry. It's hard to introduce to other people than Ubuntu or RHEL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you? I worked with Oracle Linux as it's technical analyst before. Never used Oracle Linux in production in other places. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care") AH Verified User in Hospital & Health Care Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/20/2022 "Neutral Linux Operating System" 3/5 What do you like best about Oracle Linux? Compatibility with Oracle products like WebLogic and Oracle DB Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oracle Linux? Updates and patch management schedules are little deviated and command line is a little different Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux: Oracle Linux can be used and preferred if you want to closely tie with Oracle Products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you? More compatibility with command line tools for Oracle Products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") CC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/7/2022 "Oracle Linux" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Oracle Linux? compliance security kernel hypervisor live patching Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oracle Linux? no such dislikes still now. will definitely share in future Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you? no such Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Automotive](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Automotive") AA Verified User in Automotive Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/17/2020 "Handles alongside other distributions" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Oracle Linux? It is a great benefit for you if you use Oracle db because Oracle supports this operating system primarily. Of course, since it is linux, it has many advantages over windows. But I think Suse is a more useful distro Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Oracle Linux? It's not as easy to manage as other distributions. It has its own kernel. You don't want to change too much Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux: I do not recommend using it except Database Server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you? We use it as the operating system of Oracle DB servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/18/2020 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ## Questions about Oracle Linux? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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