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May the holiday season bring you peace and harmony.
Best wishes for a fulfilling and prosperous 2025. |
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Oracle VirtualBox 7.1: 4 things to know about the new release
Oracle VirtualBox 7.1 was released with several new features that can give your team a major boost. This blog post takes a deeper dive into four of the most important features in the 7.1 release: support for Arm architecture, enhancements to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the experience levels feature, and the log collector tool.
Updated analyst paper: Why KVM is winning over VMware vSphere
The choice of a virtualization platform directly impacts performance, scalability, security, and costs. Oracle Linux KVM outpaces VMware vSphere with superior performance, scalability, and hardware resource utilization. As an open source solution, KVM virtually eliminates licensing fees and reduces TCO with features like Ksplice for live updates, hard partitioning for efficient resource allocation, and simplified support pricing. Oracle Linux KVM further stands out with enhanced cloud migration capabilities, security tools, and accelerated application deployment, making it a cost-effective and flexible choice for modern enterprises.
To learn more, read the analyst paper.
Keep your CentOS 7 alive with Oracle Linux updates
This article explains how to use two primary options for keeping your CentOS 7 system updated with Oracle Linux patches:
You’ll learn the necessary steps to access and apply Oracle Linux updates, including how to receive patches for free through yum.oracle.com.
Oracle Linux 7 and Oracle Linux 6 reach end of premier and extended support after December 2024, respectively
Oracle Linux 7 reaches the end of premier support after December 2024 (x86/aarch64); extended support will be available for x86 platforms starting December 2024. This limits coverage to critical security issues and urgent bug fixes only and covers a smaller scope of x86 packages.
Oracle Linux 6 reaches end of extended support December 2024. After December 2024, Oracle Linux 6 will no longer receive any updates, including security fixes.
Oracle encourages customers to begin migration plans to Oracle Linux 8 or 9.
For additional information on how to extend your OS upgrade timeline, read this blog. |
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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is an enterprise endpoint security platform designed to help enterprise networks prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to advanced threats. The Linux server distributions, for x64 (AMD64/EM64T) and x86_64 versions, support the last three versions of Oracle Linux, including the latest, Oracle Linux 9.x, as specified in its compatibility matrix.
Commvault Platform Release 2024E
The eleventh generation of the Commvault Platform, Release 2024e features innovations designed to help give customers a business advantage. This platform release includes new software features, usability enhancements, and a rearchitected core. The systems requirements for Linux lists the versions of Oracle Linux supported.
Arcserve Unified Data Protection by Arcserve
Backing up data is critical for enterprise customers. Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) software provides an all-in-one data protection solution that helps you comprehensively retain, back up, and restore your data. The UDP agent is available for your Oracle Linux 8 or 9 servers. |
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Pinning user-space pages in the Linux Kernel: Exploring get_user_pages, pin_user_pages, and page table walking
In this blog post, the author shares their experience regarding pinning user pages in the kernel and the related page table walking internals, based on insights gained through a known exploit detection update.
Writing a block I/O filter using libbpf and eBPF tracing framework
eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is a groundbreaking technology introduced in the Linux kernel starting with version 3.18. It empowers developers to write custom code that can dynamically and safely execute in the kernel. This capability makes eBPF a versatile tool for altering kernel behavior, monitoring system performance, and tracing events such as function calls and other system activities.
eBPF's unique strength lies in its ability to dynamically extend the functionality of the Linux kernel without requiring complex or risky kernel modifications.
Read this blog for more details and an in-depth example. |
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| Events and Webinars |
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Oracle CloudWorld Tour 2025
Join us at a city near you to connect with partners and peers, and get inspired by leaders from Oracle and local innovative companies. CloudWorld Tour is a complimentary one-day event that brings our world to your world.
Meet us in these cities:
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