--- title: Oracle Linux Reviews meta_title: 'Oracle Linux Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 348 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: 348 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-12' parent_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # Oracle Linux Reviews **Vendor:** Oracle **Category:** [Operating Systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/operating-system) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 348 ## About Oracle Linux 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. Oracle Linux provides a 100% application binary compatible alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Linux and is supported across both hybrid and multicloud environments. ## Oracle Linux Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users value the **reliable stability** of Oracle Linux, making it an ideal choice for enterprise-level workloads. (14 reviews) - Users value the **RHEL compatibility** of Oracle Linux for its easy migration and excellent performance in familiar environments. (12 reviews) - Users highlight the **strong compatibility** of Oracle Linux with Oracle software, enhancing enterprise performance and reliability. (8 reviews) - Users value the **regular updates** of Oracle Linux, enhancing security and ensuring smooth, uninterrupted operations. (8 reviews) - Users value the **reliability** of Oracle Linux, praising its stability and performance for mission-critical workloads. (8 reviews) - Users appreciate the **free access** to updates and support, enjoying the benefits of Oracle Linux's affordability. (7 reviews) - Users value the **enterprise-grade security** of Oracle Linux, ensuring reliable and stable operations in critical systems. (7 reviews) - Users commend the **exceptional speed and efficiency** of Oracle Linux, optimizing their experience and performance. (7 reviews) - Users find Oracle Linux incredibly **easy to install and set up** , enhancing their workflow without hassle. (6 reviews) - Easy Setup (6 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users express concern over the **lack of support** , making troubleshooting and learning more difficult compared to other distributions. (14 reviews) - Users find the **high cost** of enterprise support for Oracle Linux burdensome, particularly for small organizations. (8 reviews) - Users find the **limited software options** of Oracle Linux restrictive, complicating integration with non-Oracle tools. (8 reviews) - Users find the **poor UI/UX** of Oracle Linux frustrating, impacting ease of use and satisfaction levels. (4 reviews) - Users express concern over **slow updates** with Oracle Linux, impacting the overall responsiveness and user experience. (4 reviews) - Users find the **usage difficulty** of Oracle Linux challenging, particularly for newcomers facing a steep learning curve. (4 reviews) - Apple Limitations (3 reviews) - Unfriendly Interface (3 reviews) - Skill Requirements (2 reviews) - Users experience **update issues** with Oracle Linux, reporting bugs and slow repository performance that hinder usability. (2 reviews) ## Oracle Linux Reviews ### 1. I've had a great experience with Oracle Linux in test environments **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** I like the familiar environment and feel to other RHEL based distros, including the Yum update manager and utility, it makes script creation and other automation tasks much easier to write across multiple distro environments **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** I have had issues with installing an iso that was mounted to a USB key, however, I've experienced this issue with centos 8 also, the solution is either to re-mount the iso to the key, or just use a hypervisor and run in a VM, I have not had any issues with installation when using a hypervisor instead of a bare-metal system. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was deploying Oracle Linux in a test environment as a student, I used those deployments to host MySQL/MariaDB and oracle databases for coursework and learning. I quite enjoyed the experience as it felt more stable than CentOS 8 based VMS that I was also using ### 2. Great distro for achiving the business aims **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ihor Z. | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer & Developer, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 31, 2021 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Supporting the business processes and software, latest files in repositories, compatibilityvwith CentOS and RHEL software stack and package, opportunity to migrate from CentOS to Oracle Linux via automated scenario. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** The licensing model is not that clear, as IT is a proprietary solution, besides of that everything is great with this distro, I would to see more services for connections to the Major cloud platforms in the package available. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** I would recommend this distro to users who wants to migrate from older CentOS releases to test this as an option - especially while using this platforms with VMs. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are solved the problems of reproducing the customer environments with help of Oracle Linux and that was quite easy and efficient solution for software virtualisation on Linux ### 3. Stable OS, tuned well for DB **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Prasanna K. | Senior Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 20, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** As this OS comes from Oracle, it is tuned well for database, which gives more stability to the over all OS and DB. The package are easy available, you can navigate to the official site and download required package for suitable OS version. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** It would be great if the OS gets its tuned version for application as well like SAP basis. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I handle OS related issues, the major stuff I get is to view past performances of the server like utilisation of cpu, memory, disk IO (with PID). OSwatcher helps to get it. Which is one of the best tool helps to track down the performance issues. ### 4. Oracle Linux review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Satish Kumar E. | Devops architect , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Oracle is the best Linux i have used in cloud and it gives better performance and high security for web servers and also it's the best os for running web servers **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** There is nothing much to dislike the Oracle Linux some of the package need to be fixed. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** I would recommend Oracle Linux operating system for who wants Better performance for there web application servers. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using Oracle Linux operating system in cloud and it gives better performance and high security for web servers and also it's the best os for running web servers ### 5. Oracle Linux is best for banking databases. Most secure and easy to manage. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Harshit G. | Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 19, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Easy to manage, DR setup is best, secure enough to fulfill all compliance rules set by the banking authority. Freshers who learn this will have a great future prospects as there is tremendous growth opportunities. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Frequent upgrades. It could be a something one likes as well as dislikes. With continuous upgrades you are getting more and more features and also you have to make efforts to keep up to the market. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** Make sure you setup your environment properly. Once you set it up correctly, it would ve very easy to manage. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** All the banking requirements we have to manage customer data, to fetch customer data, to cater to all their requests and show them accurate and fast results is something great. ### 6. Oracle Linux 7.x **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pramod M. | Principal Database Administrator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 31, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Good customized packages for installation and running of Oracle database. I have been personally using many versions of it. The 7 versions were pretty stable and good. But the 8 versions being used has many issues. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Not many things we dislike if our installation works fine. I have personally felt the Operating system to be stable and worth trusting. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** If you are using Oracle products then using Oracle Linux has some advantages. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Almost all the services i use are hosted using Oracle Linux running servers and they all have been performing well. Patching and upkeep has been the main advantage using Oracle Linux. As my organisation is a large scale user of Oracle products. ### 7. Secure environment **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brandon C. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** The secure environment provided by Linux environment **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** I didn't have any complaints when working with the OS **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** It gave me the tools and work environment to securely operated my business ### 8. Oracle on lInux were perfect combination **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Agus W. | Sapbasis Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 04, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Oracle is the most popoluar DB on all ou **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Oracle is the most popular among all my customers, so ist will may a best solution for all users **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** Linux on Oracle were perfect combination I Thought **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Linux right now version were strong enough for performance as is on new hardware platform were continuously growth to the limit ### 9. Oracle Linux the best alternative to RHEL which is Free and Stable. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Avnish S. | Technical Associate, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 29, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Similarity to RHEL Ease of Usage Stable kernel releases Smooth Integration with Oracle Database Highly optimized Performance Works seamlessly in VM Multiple inbuilt tools **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Less package Support Very less Support for OpenSource Community GUI Access Not very efficient Support The transition from Oracle Linux to Centos is not seamless Slower than other Linux like Ubuntu **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** If you are intending to use Oracle Linux for setup and operating in Oracle Products then Oracle Linux is the best free OS to go with . **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use oracle Linux primarily for the Oracle Database Enterprise version and the prerequisite packages are available and DB installation is very smooth, support for Oracle Products is amazing. ### 10. Not That Great , Has limitations **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 30, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** I like that it's free to use and distribute. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** It can be difficult to use and I have run into a lot of technical difficulties in the beginning when initially installed. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's a great secure system and helps protect data better than other operating systems. I have worked on it for a little bit for a project outside of my job, and it's something I would like to use again in future. ### 11. it's compatible and share the same source code with its upstream vendors, Red Hat Enterprise Linux. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bayu P. | System Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Oracle Linux is good OS distros, since it based on RHEL. Of course, we can use and utilize both "yum" or "dnf" commands on this Linux distros. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Not know for this, since I have tried to use Oracle Linux no more than one week **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** I **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sure... just make it simple as it should be, where we can doing more with Oracle Linux in entire scope of work. It mostly similar when we use or operate Redhat-based distros, like CentOS, Alma or Rocky Linux. ### 12. Best OS for oracle database **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Richa S. | System Management Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** I have used oracle enterprise Linux os for backup server and media server. Backup performance have been always good. Used other clients with different os and it worked well as well. Rman backup is easily configured on this os. Also, cloud support is there. All oracle products are supported. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** OEL adoption outside oracle is limited and not much enterprise is using it currently even though the kernel is stable. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Used for backup admin and media server. Has benefits in backup performance. Kernel tuning parameters has always helped configuring the media server to write at best speed. ### 13. It is different from any other firms,very easy and recommend to use. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anubhav R. | Specialist analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 11, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Easy and simple to use as it consists of very simple steps and secure as the same time and the support is also better than any other having a lots of features and functions. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Can't find any of the features that I didn't like or I didn't got from here.Still I can say you need to be a bit more concious while learning and using it as everything is connected and need to be used in a regular pattern. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** It is the easiest for configuration and administration **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Less ambiguous and clarity is more as compared to the conventional Linux and a better in functions and additional features are also there which were not used in other Linux platform ### 14. Oracle Linux Review by Sunil NAIR **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sunil N. | Director Of Information Technology, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 23, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Being a regular user of Oracle Linux, I found Service Stability, Ease of deployment, and Commands similar to RHEL (Red Hat Linux), these are the best features I liked about Oracle Linux **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** OVM (Oracle Virtual Manager) is not much developed and user-friendly, Very expensive solutions **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use Oracle Application and Database installed on Oracle Linux, Service is very stable ### 15. Oracle Linux is one of the best skill required for Administrator in every technology. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vibhash K. | OpenShift Administrator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** It's easy to use and very high demand tool in IT environment. It's very easy to access as well as to learn as there are so many useful tutorial are available pver the internet **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** There is nothing to dislike only one thing I am expecting that it should be always free source to learn in future so that each student and fresher can learn it **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am currently working on Cloud technology and there i require to use linux environment to solve the problem and perform day to day task on daily basis.its very high demand technology ### 16. Great OS for DB replication and management **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rebeen H. | Head of Network Department, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Stability and reliability are the two main requirements for the services we provide. So far we are happy with Oracle Linux. This OS also provides virtualization features along with security hardening. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Documentation is really a pain, and we find difficulties when we look for a specific solution. Eventually, we have to figure it out by ourselves. I have also encountered a few issues with versions, especially when upgrading to the next version. We are definitely going to face some challenges with our database. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have large-scale databases to host on Oracle Linux servers, including a huge amount of subscriber information that will be used daily. Backup and replication are the two main daily maintenance tasks that I need to take care of. ### 17. Most reliable and stable Operating System **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sajid Khan O. | Oracle Database Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Oracle Linux is a very simple, flexible and reliable operating system including its zero downtime attracts my type of Administrator. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Pricing of this operating system is much higher than others but every proactive administrator likes technical support. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** Yes, it's a brilliant idea to think about the future and innovation with Oracle Linux. It's making things lot easier and better. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Major Oracle products are quite balanced run on this operating system. ### 18. OEL easy administration **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Suhail A. | Cloud Technical Architect Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** I am personally working OEL (oracle Linux 10 yrs ) it has great capability to handle the oracle database feature. lot of internal package are inbuilt , when you want run Oracle RAC - its recommend to OEL . great technical support from oracle vendor too . **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** not anything such except licencing part is costly. if you don't want a licence then it is fine for budget **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Oracle Linux is a great OS for your product of all oracle databases,my SQL ebs all oracle products. most libraries are installed. ### 19. reliable for servers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Oracle Linux is helpful because we use the oracle database for our systems and Oracle Linux also has many supported services like samba web services. Then also a lot of support online and is free to use. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** None for me cause all I need for an OS is already there in Oracle Linux. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** Well, Oracle Linux is a stable Operating System that has many uses like webserver, samba, and database server. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** The benefits is we use Oracle Database which is compatible with Oracle Linux operating system. ### 20. Deploy and Installing,Troubleshooting,Patching ORACLELinux in ORACLECloud platforms. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** PETCHIMUTHU P. | Consultant-Linux Admin, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Oracle linux is most secure .vulnerability issues doesn't affect.Ksplice,Uptrack &ULN is a very handy for patching **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** In OracleCloud platform Oraclelinux compute instances some time unfortunately downtime occurs. but Oraclecloud support team mitigate the issues and solved **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** SSH Connection interruption from onpremises network.Ports open/close related due to application processing.Some patching (CVE) version affect the application analyze the issue and revert the correct version. ### 21. Oracle Linux full Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sanket G. | Assistant System Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 01, 2021 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** We use Oracle Linux distro for each client. The OS is exceptionally simple and totally allowed to create/host and update our clients' applications and information across the globe. I for one use it in my lab to practice and test some close to home stuff We have Oracle Linux information base, WebLogic, and e-business suite facilitated on Oracle Linux. It is utilized across our entire association in running basic applications. It is powerful, simple to oversee and regulate, with unshakable soundness and exceptionally negligible server reboots or execution issues. I would enthusiastically suggest Oracle Linux over other working frameworks. Prophet Linux is confided in high-volume, value-based, crucial creation IT conditions. Prophet's Linux support is depended upon for applications that require persistent or close consistent accessibility Application execution overall was improved because of the movement to Oracle Linux from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Prophet Linux-based VMs are utilized for our situation for facilitating a flash based bunch for handling huge information based jobs. Those VMs have better security setups and are fixed. It has underlying introduced bundles which prove to be useful for a designer to begin the advancement movement for the undertaking. We are utilizing Oracle Linux as our essential Linux dissemination sent for our clients, yet additionally for testing purposes on numerous test and UAT conditions. Presently, it is utilized primarily by our specialty. We intend to offer business specialized help for clients for our items, and gratitude to the Oracle Linux Support program which covers Oracle Linux, we are getting help if necessary. I work across a wide range of sorts of associations. Now and again, Oracle Linux is being utilized for all data set servers across the whole association. Sometimes, it is in effect specifically carried out to supplant inheritance Unix frameworks. Additionally in a couple of separated cases, I've assisted with supplanting Windows data set servers with Oracle Linux. The normal subject across this multitude of various kinds of associations is that they need the best Linux for running Oracle, which is pre-tuned and streamlined just as all around upheld by the data set merchant. Prophet Linux wins gives over on these focuses. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** I genuinely can't imagine whatever terrible to say about it. Without a doubt, it's more confounded than Windows, however you realize that getting into it, and the soundness, execution, and proficiency you receive consequently more than compensates for it. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** Simple organization Stable work; no unexpected reboots Better memory the board Generally steady and strong Operating System Simple to apply patches Simple to plan occupations utilizing crontab Simple to utilize proofreader [Where Oracle Linux is less strong]: Virtualization could be arranged in a more straightforward manner. Linux people group backing could be more grounded. Movement from Red Hat Enterprise Linux may create some issues. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** When taking care of this working framework, great outcomes were acquired; the incorporation with custom made frameworks and the strength looked much better. ### 22. Preferred Platform for hosting DB and Application servers **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jagdish B. | Specialist Infrastructure, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 05, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Oracle Linux is secure platform as compared to its competitors, in terms of security. More user friendly, with enhanced security more suitable for hosting databases. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Apart from range of functionalities and libearies it offers, I loved its security aspects a lot. I did not realise anything missing. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** We used it for hosting our oracle databases 10g and 11g. We never encountered any issues with the platform. The os upgrade, patching was very smooth. We used to get regular updates which enhanced teams productivity and helped to avoid bugs. ### 23. A wonderful open source OS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Siddhartha G. | DevOps Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 23, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Easability and open source community. Best way of alternative of Redhat **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Pricing system are very high if I talk about the support **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have complete infra on OL. I get an alternative of Redhat and with OL i get a stable Os ### 24. Oracle Linux is simple and flexible. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shaik I. | Linux Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 21, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** The best thing about Oracle Linux is it is simple and flexible. It can be used as a server or as a desktop, Its highly performant and secured operating system. It provides support on Docker and Kubernetes. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** The one thing I dislike about Oracle Linux is it needs to support more packages. It could be better by providing full open source community support. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been using Oracle Linux for Docker and Kubernetes it is providing security, simplifying operations and saving money. My Business Performance is increased with the money which we saved. ### 25. Enterprise Linux OS having with good support to Oracle infrastructure **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Naveen K. | IT Technology Senior Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 28, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Oracle enterprise Linux is good to be used for all kinds of platforms. I have used it for Oracle applications and database in both onpremise and Cloud environment. Also, backup servers from major vendors like commvault, Veritas netbackup were able to comfortably work with this OS. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** OEL has a very less footprint and adaptation in market. Still major applications from other organisations need to adopt it. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used Oracle applications and Oracle database for internal and external customers. Performance was all time good and never faced any problem. ### 26. Highly recommended ubuntu 20.04 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ragupathi V. | Devops Engineer , Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Easyto make a CI and CD operation then Devops related activities **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** It's not user friendly may be need update something for user based experience **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Previously we make some deployment activities currently we overcome highly effective CI/CD process ### 27. Best supported OS **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ankit G. | Module Lead, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 24, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** How oracle supports its every product and its very stable. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Sometime support guys dont show much interest on issues or take too much time to understand and by that time oracle engineer will change **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Better support than any other unix system. Our whole environment runs on oracle linux. ### 28. Experience with Oracle Linux **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jorge H. | Technical Assessor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Very easy to work with, straightforward and is used by variety of different companies now. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Installation can be difficult as well as updates. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** At this time I am not aware of any issues that are being fixed that would benefit me personally for my class. ### 29. Oracle Linux Review **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yuan J. | Director of IT - Infrastructure, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2022 **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 **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** I don't like their UEK kernel (UEK: Oracle's Unbreakable Enterpirse Kernel) **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. **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. ### 30. Oracle Linux benefits for DATBASE **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kunal L. | Staff Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Less vulnerable Fast response Manage security threats. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Oracle Linux was a lot more expensive for an OS that doesn't offer anything more than RHEL does. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Major downtime reduced Improved security of my infrastructure ### 31. I am using oracle linux since 2015 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mubeen A. | Assistant Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 10, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** It is easy to use oracle products like oracle installations etc **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** I never saw any downside so i like oracle linux **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** I recomend who is using oracle products must use oracle linux it will save your time and money. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using oracle database 11g.12c.19c in dev environment and production env ### 32. Oracle Linux **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amit N. | Application Development Team Lead, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 23, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** It's a highly efficient and secure operating system. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Aside from their business practices, a lot of the hate comes from having to deal with them as clients. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** It's very difficult because all the market is captured by Redhat. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** While installing Oracle Linux on VMware, my window is too small, and in this case, I can't see all the options when I want to create LVM. ### 33. Perfect Operating System for IT **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 09, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Linux by far has the most capabilities when it is compared to windows and apple. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Only real downside is the lack of applications that are able to be run on Linux, but if you can look past this it is an amazing operating system. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's solving the problem of locating files. Locating files was much harder in Windows and Apple than when I used MacBooks and windows, I would have just a plethora of files on my desktop. ### 34. Easy for handling complex databases **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Muhammad H. | Software Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** SQL queries, and especially subqueries, are easier to handle compared to MS SQL Server. The feature of materialized views is helpful for optimizing queries in complex relational databases. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** There is no suitable IDE for the Oracle client database. I am using SQL Developer, which requires a more upgraded system to load large package bodies. Provide a proper IDE for developers. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** Best for security and complex systems. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** The purpose of Oracle Linux is to store the data of my application. The biggest advantage is security because I am working in the fintech domain, which requires security. Additionally, some features provide an advantage in handling complex databases. ### 35. One of the best distribution for database **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jonathan M. | Information Technology Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 17, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** It's optimized for oracle databases and tonuse on a spark server, has a great user interface **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Maybe that you need yo know different set of commands for do the features of this distribution **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** Try to know and have a lot of diagram of the flow of your database for better implementation **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Better performance of oracle databases, easy administration of databases cluster with the same distribution ### 36. Oracle Linux **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Waseem A. | Senior Systems Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 18, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Oracle Linux is very useful and free OS which is very good **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** We can't upgrade the yum with a specific release **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** Oracle Linux is very good OS and specially for OLVM **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** All the admin job's and yum is good and free and also KVM setup is very good (OLVM) ### 37. It's very good experience to use oracle linux **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dharmesh P. | DevOps Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 20, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Operating system, usability and adaptibility of operating system is very good, upgrade of the operating system is relatively easily. Compared to its competitors is good **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** There's is n ok missing thing as of now in the operating system. It's customised according to database.......... There is no improvement required in this product **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Customised is for database easy to manage and upgrade the system. Financially it's good.. good cost savings. It's is more productive and improved performance .. ### 38. best operating system **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lauren Z. | Accountant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 12, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** It has everything needed for business and accounting. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** No downsides I can think of, it is a flawless operating system **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy accounting on this operating system. It just feels much smoother ### 39. A stable product **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** mohammed s. | system engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** rare chances of troubleshooting as very stable product as described earlier **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** without GUI ,very difficult to trouble shoot and Very rare chance of getting Knowledge base **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** good product for DB **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Very rare chances of downtime so not required troubleshooting even without upgrade ### 40. One of the best alternatives for open operating systems **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Francisco F. | Senior Network Security Specialist, Telecommunications, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 26, 2021 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Linux Oracle is very similar to CentOS and Red hat, it fulfills its functions, and there is a lot of documentation on the Internet to optimize. It is very stable, has frequent updates, the knowledge base and forums are open to investigating new functions and tools. It is easy to install; it does not consume resources. It is best to use the command line (CLI), but the graphical interface works very well; you decide which visual environment to install. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Sometimes it is a little bit complicated to find the correct settings or commands, but the forums are open, and there is a lot of documentation on the Internet; you may improve techniques, and it becomes easier to handle in the future. Unlike other Linux distributions, it is not recommended to update every time one is available; functions may stop working. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** When handling this operating system, good results were obtained; the integration with homemade systems and the stability looked much better. ### 41. Amazing OS For DBA **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Akshay B. | Senior Technical Services Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 04, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** Oracle Linux provides all the default Library that are needed for installation of any oracle related products **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Can support more packages for desktop or gui installation **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** While Installing any Oracle products you need to download multiple libraries from Yum. By using Oracle Linux the problem has been solved and it reduces the installation overhead and becomes very easy to proceed for an installation ### 42. Oracle linux is better than other competitors in the market **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Management Consulting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 17, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** The best part I like about Oracle Linux is the seamless performance That it gives. Oracle deluxe provides no hanging And very quick resolutions or quick SOPs for a user. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Raga Linux also has a lot of limitations that do become a problem later on. As far is the UI is concerned, It does not actually help to be very complicated or do not be able to navigate through different problem points in the system **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Will be solved a lot of problems with the right to Linux which we could not have done with the existence or use of our previous software is that we were paying money for ### 43. I've used Oracle Linux when it was released initially as well as now. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sachithra W. | Founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** I like the compatibility of the distribution with RHEL based software and its great to have such a solid Operating system from Oracle. Public access to the system is much appreciated. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** I don't see a big downside to the product. But having included more packages in the oracle Linux repo would be a nice addition. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mainly I'm planning to use Oracle Linux as an alternative to Centos and also for Redhat with its flexible pricing scheme. ### 44. The power of Linux backed with the prestige of Oracle **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Juan G. | Quality Assurance Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 20, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** The best of all is that it is Linux, with all the power of this Operating System **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Nothing missing, it is a powerful and secure OS for deploying applications **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** It is Linux, so basic Linux knowledge is needed. Most commands are common to other releases. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** Security, interoperability, fast, reliable, remote access, command line operation ### 45. In my experience it is recommended in case of user need Pre-Configured Oracle on Linux. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 25, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** We don't need to configure the Libraries to configure the Oracle on Linux. Need to download libs one by one.We use Apache with it. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** License is what we don't like. Most work is on the command line so that is another factor for disliking. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** It is highly recommended as to configure or install the Oracle on Linux manually. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** We configured our Oracle 11g and 12c DB on Oracle Linux for our Pre-prod and Prod. Again the biggest benefit is that it helps us to configure our product very quickly. ### 46. I have been using Oracle Linux more than 7+ years **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** kaleem y. | Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 19, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** I enjoy working on oracle linux, almost all features especially "Yum Update" i don't have to struggle for binaries **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** openmotiff rpm binary for oracle application and database installation **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** Stable and good sales after service **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I work as a oracle dba i belive oracle linux is one of the stable version for oracle products ### 47. Pradeep- Oracle Linux **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pradeep S. | Associate Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 12, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** In my current current project, we are using oracle Linux as a platform OS for Database **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** It would be great if we can use Oracle Linux on IBM P-series servers **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** Oracle Linux is easy to maintain and update, No downtime is required while updating the kernel. backup and restoration is very easy. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** In, RHEL linux we need reboot while doing updates but Oracle Linux solve downtime issues while updating the Kernel ### 48. Oracle Linux - A reliable Linux **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Naveen M. | Account Manager - SaaS/Multicloud(US - Remote), Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 23, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** The K-splice/K-patch feature for automated/reboot less patching is of great value of the IT server management teams. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** Oracle Linux lacks integration with SAP platform. **Recommendations to others considering Oracle Linux:** A powerful yet easy to setup Linux for your enterprise IT infrastructure. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1. K-Patch for automated patching helps to keep your apps and business up and running while your servers get updated. 2. Economical as no cost for the OS. ### 49. Excellent performance and highly secured **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2022 **What do you like best about Oracle Linux?** It is an excellent OS with high performance and security. It is very well compatible for Oracle databases as well as other products also. We are using OEL for all our types of databases in our environment. **What do you dislike about Oracle Linux?** I haven't faced any issues that made me to dislike this product. **What problems is Oracle Linux solving and how is that benefiting you?** I resolved the performance issues which we faced in our prod db environment where the resources consumption went high. OSwatcher helps a lot to get the details and it is a very good tool for resolving these issues. ### 50. 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