Oracle Linux Documentation

Product Documentation

• Oracle Linux 6

To download the documentation library for Oracle Linux 6, go here. For more documentation on Oracle Linux 6 and earlier releases, go to Oracle Linux Documentation.

Certification Hardware and Validated Configurations

• Hardware Certification List (HCL)
• Frequently Asked Questions (HCL FAQ)
• Validated Configurations
• How to Certify your Hardware and Applications on Oracle Linux

Popular Technical Articles

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Installation Guides

Note: not supported unless otherwise indicated!

• Blog: How to subscribe to the free Oracle Linux errata yum repositories (Lenz Grimmer - supported)
• Getting Started with Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 (Lenz Grimmer - supported)
• How I Simplified Oracle Database Installation on Oracle Linux 6 (Ginny Henningsen and Michele Casey - supported)
• How I Simplified Oracle Database Installation on Oracle Linux (Ginny Henningsen - supported)
• Oracle Database 11g on x86; generic (Oracle - supported)
• Oracle Database 11g on x86; Oracle Linux 5 (John Smiley)
• Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.3.0) RAC On Oracle Linux 6.3 Using VirtualBox (Tim Hall)
• Oracle Database 11g Release 2 RAC On Oracle Linux 5.8 Using VirtualBox (Tim Hall)
• Installing Oracle 11g R1 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex (Pythian Group)
• Oracle Database 11g on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) (Pythian Group)
• Oracle VM 2.1.2 Manager & Server on Oracle Linux 5 U2 (OTN Installfest)
• Oracle RAC 10g Rel 2 on Oracle Linux and iSCSI (Jeff Hunter)
• Oracle Database 10g Rel 2 on x86; generic (Oracle - supported)
• Oracle RAC 10g Rel 2 on x86; RHEL4 and SLES9 (John Smiley)
• Oracle Database 10g Rel 2 on x86; RHEL3, RHEL4, SLES9 (John Smiley)
• Oracle Database 10g Rel 2 on SLES10 (Novell)
• Oracle Database XE on Xubuntu (Todd Trichler)
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