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Oracle Linux and Virtualization Newsletter
May 2021

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 Update 2
The UEK for Oracle Linux provides the latest open source innovations, key optimizations, and security to cloud and on-premises workloads. Release 6 Update 2 improves memory usage, Mellanox devices, NVMe, filesystems, several drivers, as well as several tech-preview features.
Oracle Linux State of the Penguin Webinar
Oracle Linux State of the Penguin Webinar
Wim Coekaerts brings us up-to-date on a variety of topics, including the top contributors to the Linux kernel, the roadmap, Oracle Linux on Arm and the CentOS transition. Watch the on-demand webinar
Surprising reasons why CentOS users feeling stranded turn to Oracle Linux
Surprising reasons why CentOS users feeling stranded turn to Oracle Linux
“If you write an application you can run it on RHEL, CentOS, or Oracle Linux just fine — but Oracle Linux goes considerably further than CentOS. We provide a lot of engineered features, most especially around enterprise availability and security”: Bob Shimp. Read More
Simplify in-place upgrades from Oracle Linux 7 to Oracle Linux 8 with Leapp
Simplify in-place upgrades from Oracle Linux 7 to Oracle Linux 8 with Leapp
This new enhanced system upgrade feature can save time and ease administrative efforts when performing an in-place upgrade of a system from the current Oracle Linux 7 release to the current Oracle Linux 8 version. Read More
Running Oracle Linux in public clouds
Running Oracle Linux in public clouds
Research from the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) indicates that 78% of organizations run different Linux distributions in the public cloud than they do on-premises. With Oracle Linux on premises or in clouds, customers have access to the exact same code and packages. Read More
Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches e-book
This technical guide, featuring selected chapters from the bestselling Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches by 10-time Microsoft MVP and Docker Captain Elton Stoneman, is designed to get you up and working with Kubernetes fast via short, sharp, and essential lessons. Set aside an hour a day for a week, and you’ll be managing your containers before you know it! Read the ebook

Chaos Engineering e-book
This technical guide brings you into the world of chaos engineering, including essential tools and practices. As you read, you’ll get your feet wet with your first chaos experiment and build a foundation to go deeper into this brand-new way to test and help you deliver highly reliable cloud native solutions! Read the ebook

Customer reviews on Gartner Peer Insights
“The Ultimate platform”, and “highly efficient, stable, and robust”. This is how some reviewers describe Oracle Linux on Gartner’s review site, designed for enterprise users. Read more reviews or add your own

Customer reviews on Trust Radius
“For any application which is crucial, Oracle Linux is recommended”, says a reviewer on the Trust Radius software review site. Read more reviews or add your own

Announcing Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager 4.3.10
Updated utilities, Huge pages support, support for the latest Oracle Linux KVM release, and many, many oVirt fixes and security updates. Get the details

Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1.22 now available
This release includes improved support for Apple macOS Big Sur and introduces support for the latest upstream Linux kernel for the host and for virtual machines running on top of VirtualBox. Get the details

VirtualBox VM unattended installation guide
VirtualBox supports the unattended installation from “out of box” for several of the most common operating systems, like Ubuntu, RHEL, Oracle Linux, Windows. Read the guide

Announcing Oracle VM Manager 3.4.7
Updated software components, security updates, and cumulative bug fixes, including updates to MySQL 8 and the January Critical Patch Updates. Get the details

Enhancing OS security with STIG images on Oracle Cloud
With this image, you can easily create an Oracle Linux instance in OCI that you can configure to match certain security standards and requirements set by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Learn more

Update CentOS Linux for free
Organizations that rely on CentOS are faced with finding an alternative OS. Simply point your CentOS systems to receive updates from Oracle Linux. This can be done anonymously and at no charge to your organization. Learn more

Quickly deploy Oracle Linux Virtual Machines with updated templates
Deploying applications in virtualized environments can be time consuming, complex, and error prone. Oracle VM solves these problems with Oracle VM templates. Oracle Linux 8 update 3 and Oracle Linux 7 Update 9 templates can be used to quickly set up new virtual machines with the latest Oracle Linux guest operating systems. Get the details

Oracle Linux 8 Advanced System Administration Certification Exam
Expand your knowledge base and validate your skills to appeal to potential employers. By passing this exam, a certified individual proves fluency and a solid understanding of the skills required to deploy, configure, and administer an Oracle Linux 8 production server environment. Learn more
Webinars/Videos
New ESG research analyzes today's IT challenges
Webinar
New ESG research analyzes today's IT challenges
Analyst Mark Peters
Video
Analyst Mark Peters explains how Oracle Linux is different
Dynamic provisioning in OL Cloud Native Environment
Demo
Dynamic provisioning in OL Cloud Native Environment
Robert Shimp
Interview
Robert Shimp, Oracle Group VP, on CentOS Alternatives
Featured Training
Linux on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Deploying components of your cloud
Learn to build and administer compute instances to support your solution in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Learn more

Linux on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Networking your cloud
Learn key concepts and terms used in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Key aspects of Virtual Cloud Networks (VCN), Subnets, Security Lists, Ingress and Egress Rules, and Route Tables are covered. Learn more

Linux on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Using Storage in your cloud
Learn how to attach various types of cloud storage to your Linux instances and how to create shared cluster storage for Linux instances in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Learn more

Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment: Managing cloud-native applications
Learn about Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment for developing and managing cloud-native applications, including orchestration and deployment, container runtime, microservices traffic management, management operations, and monitoring. Learn more

Oracle Enterprise Manager for Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager: Cloud environment monitoring
Learn about the Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager monitoring features introduced in Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.4. Learn more
Partner Highlights
Partner Highlights

Continued collaboration with AMD brings powerful solutions to customers
Oracle Linux runs on new AMD EPYC 7003 Series processors, including Dell EMC’s PowerEdge servers as well as the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure E4 compute shapes. Get the details
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