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The SCO Group (SCO) was a provider of software solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and replicated branch offices. SCO solutions include UNIX and Linux platforms; management, messaging, and e-business tools; and services that include technical support, education, consulting, and solution provider support programs. Based in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide presence with offices in 18 countries and representation in 82 countries. SCO solutions are divided into three broad areas: operating systems, extended platform and services. SCO's Operating Systems encompass SCO's UNIX and Linux platforms. SCO operating systems offer the performance, scalability and confidence of UNIX and the flexibility and reliability of Linux. SCO operating systems include SCO Linux Server, SCO UnixWare and SCO OpenLinux. Note: On 15 May 2003, SCO suspended the distribution of its Linux-based operating systems, claiming intellectual property infringments.
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2018-11-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 7.6 |
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Avi Miller has announced the release of Oracle Linux 7 Update 6, the latest version of the company's enterprise-class Linux distribution built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.6: "Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 for the x86_64 and Arm architectures. You can find the individual RPM packages on both the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) and the Oracle Linux yum server. ISO installation images will soon be available for download from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. Notable new features in this release: Pacemaker now supports path, mount, and timer systemd unit files. Although previous releases of Pacemaker supported service and socket systemd unit files, alternative units would fail. Pacemaker can now manage path, mount and timer systemd units. Package installation and upgrade using rpm can be tracked using audit events. The RPM package manager has been updated to provide audit events so that software package installation and updates can be tracked using the Linux Audit system. Software installation and upgrades using yum are also tracked." Further details on new features can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. ISO files can be downloaded through the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. |
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Oracle Linux is an enterprise-class Linux distribution supported by Oracle and built from source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Some of the special features of Oracle Linux include a custom-build and rigorously-tested Linux kernel called "Oracle Unbreakable Kernel", tight integration with Oracle's hardware and software products including most database applications, and "zero downtime patching" - a feature that enables administrators to update the kernel without a reboot.
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2024-05-15 |
Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 9.4 |
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Simon Coter has announced the release of Oracle Linux 9 Update 4, the latest stable release of Oracle's Linux distribution built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Besides a Red Hat-compatible Linux kernel 5.14, Oracle also provides a custom-built 5.15 kernel called Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK). "We are pleased to announce Oracle Linux 9 Update 4, the latest version of the premier enterprise operating system for distributed computing environments. Oracle Linux 9 Update 4 for the 64-bit Intel and AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms is now generally available. This release is application binary compatible with the corresponding Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Update 4. The following features, enhancements and changes related to programming languages, web and database servers have been introduced in Oracle Linux 9 Update 4: Python 3.12, can be installed in parallel with Python 3.9 and Python 3.11 on the same system; Ruby 3.3.0 is included in a new ruby:3.3 module stream; PHP 8.2 is included in the new php:8.2 module stream...." See the release announcement and the release notes for more information. Download (pkglist): OracleLinux-R9-U4-x86_64-dvd.iso (11,298MB), OracleLinux-R9-U4-x86_64-boot.iso (1,014MB), OracleLinux-R9-U4-x86_64-boot-uek.iso (1,021MB). |
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2023-11-17 |
Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 9.3 |
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Simon Coter has announced the release of Oracle Linux 9 Update 3, an updated build of Oracle's distribution built from the just-released Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.3: "Oracle Linux 9 Update 3 for the 64-bit Intel and AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms is now generally available. This release continues to be application binary compatible with the corresponding Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Update 3 release, as has been the case since the first release in 2006. Oracle Linux 9 Update 3 ships with the newest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 7 Update 2 (UEK R7U2) and Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) packages. Oracle Linux now supports automatic reboot of systems after patches are installed through DNF. With enhanced DNF, automatic reboot with different options (never, when-changed, when-needed) can speed-up patch management operations. The enhanced DNF utility introduced two new options: dnf leaves - to list the installed packages that aren't required by any other installed packages; dnf show-leaves - to list newly installed leaf packages and packages that have become leaves after a transaction." See the release announcement and the release notes for further details. Download (pkglist): OracleLinux-R9-U3-x86_64-dvd.iso (10,523MB), OracleLinux-R9-U3-x86_64-boot.iso (909MB), OracleLinux-R9-U3-x86_64-boot-uek.iso (921MB). |
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2023-05-26 |
Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 9.2 |
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Simon Coter has announced the release of Oracle Linux 9 Update 2, the latest stable version of Oracle's distribution built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.2 source code but optionally using a custom-compiled "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK)": "The latest releases of Oracle Linux enhance the user experience across on-premises, cloud and edge deployments, with a focus on operational consistency and improved efficiency, to accelerate time-to-market for critical infrastructure assets. Oracle Linux now supports offline upgrades. Offline upgrades can help protect a system during upgrades by performing package installations after a reboot and before libraries that might be affected by package updates have loaded. With this enhancement, running services won't be impacted by operating system updates. With offline upgrades, DNF does not apply the updates directly, but it notifies the systemd process that updates need to be applied." Read the release announcement and the detailed release notes for more information. Download (pkglist): OracleLinux-R9-U2-x86_64-dvd.iso (9,792MB), OracleLinux-R9-U2-x86_64-boot.iso (881MB), OracleLinux-R9-U2-x86_64-boot-uek.iso (908MB). Oracle Linux 8, the distribution's legacy branch, has also been updated, to version 8.8. |
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2022-11-30 |
Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 9.1 |
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Simon Coter has announced the availability of the first update in the Oracle Linux 9 series, a distribution built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.1 source code but featuring Oracle's (optional) "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK)": "Oracle Linux 9 Update 1 for the 64-bit Intel and AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms is generally available today. This release is 100% application binary compatible with corresponding Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Update 1 release. This Oracle Linux 9 release includes the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 7 (UEK R7). UEK R7 is based on the upstream Linux Kernel 5.15 and is supported on both Oracle Linux 9 and Oracle Linux 8. Oracle Linux 9 Update 1 reintroduces Application Stream modules and includes bug and security fixes, and feature updates. The most important changes are in the areas of security and development tools. Security: OpenSSH supports setting the minimum RSA key length; crypto-policies enforce the OpenSSH 2048-bit RSA key length minimum by default; OpenSSL option supports SHA-1 for signatures; keylime package is available." See the release announcement and the release notes for further information. Download (pkglist): OracleLinux-R9-U1-x86_64-dvd.iso (9,264MB), OracleLinux-R9-U1-x86_64-boot.iso (839MB), OracleLinux-R9-U1-x86_64-boot-uek.iso (856MB). |
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2022-11-21 |
Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 8.7 |
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Simon Coter has announced the availability of Oracle Linux 8.7, an updated release of Oracle's Linux distribution (its legacy 8.x branch) built from source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL): "The Oracle Linux team is pleased to announce the availability of the Oracle Linux 8 Update 7 release for the 64-bit Intel and AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms. As with all Oracle Linux releases, this release is 100% application binary compatible with the corresponding Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. Notable changes are in the areas of security and high availability and enable customers to manage their systems more efficiently by simplifying administration tasks and operations at scale. Network Security Services (NSS) libraries are updated to set the minimum key size for all RSA operations from 128 to 1023 bits. Greater compliance with the DISA's STIG requirements for Oracle Linux 8, part of the updated scap-security-guidepackage. Enhancements have been introduced for Pacemaker, including 'multiple-active', 'allow-unhealthy-node', access control lists and UUID for Pacemaker clusters." Read the release announcement and the release notes for more details. Download: OracleLinux-R8-U7-x86_64-dvd.iso (11,504MB, pkglist). |
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2022-07-06 |
Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 9.0 |
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Simon Coter has announced the release of Oracle Linux 9.0, a major update of Oracle's Linux distribution designed for enterprise use. This is the company's first stable release based on the all-new Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.0: "Oracle is pleased to announce Oracle Linux 9 general availability for Intel-64/AMD-64 (x86_64) and Arm (aarch64). This release includes the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 7 (UEK R7), also generally available today, along with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK). Oracle Linux is an optimized and secure operating environment for application development and deployment. Oracle Linux 9 with UEK R7 provides kernel, performance and security enhancements including UEK R7, based on the mainline long-term support (LTS) 5.15 release, offers the latest hardware support and is aligned with the Linux kernel community for more timely delivery of critical fixes and security updates. This release includes core scheduling, a security feature to help avoid side-channels attacks; adds CTF (C-type format) debug info data as part of the core kernel installation...." Read the release announcement and the release notes for more details. Download (pkglist): OracleLinux-R9-U0-x86_64-dvd.iso (8,688MB), OracleLinux-R9-U0-x86_64-boot.iso (802MB), OracleLinux-R9-U0-x86_64-boot-uek.iso (840MB). |
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2022-06-14 |
Development Release: Oracle Linux 9.0 Developer Preview |
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Simon Coter has announced the availability of an initial development build of Oracle Linux 9.0, an enterprise-class Linux distribution that is binary-compatible with the recently-released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0: "We are pleased to announce the availability of the Oracle Linux 9 Developer Preview release for the 64-bit Intel and AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms. Oracle Linux 9 Developer Preview is a major release that introduces many new features, enhancements and changes. It is 100% application binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 General Availability (GA) release; Oracle Linux 9 Developer Preview can be leveraged by developers, ISV and IHV to get ready for the GA release of Oracle Linux 9. Oracle Linux 9 Developer Preview includes security feature updates, networking, high availability and file system improvements and enhanced developer tools, compilers and scripting language support. Oracle Linux 9 Developer Preview ships with the kernel-uek-5.15.0-0.23.1.el9uek Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 7 (UEK) and kernel-5.14.0-1.7.1.el9 Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) packages." See the release announcement and the release notes for further details. Download (pkglist): OracleLinux-R9-U0-x86_64-dvd.iso (8,681MB), x86_64-boot-20220608.iso (802MB), x86_64-boot-uek-20220608.iso (839MB). |
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2022-05-20 |
Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 8.6 |
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Simon Coter has announced the release of version 8.6 of Oracle Linux, an enterprise-class Linux distribution supported by Oracle and built from source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL): "Oracle is pleased to announce the availability of the Oracle Linux 8 update 6 for the 64-bit Intel, 64-bit AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms. This release includes the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 6 Update 3 on the installation image, along with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) for the x86_64 platform. Oracle Linux 8 Update 6 introduces support for drop-in configuration files to OpenSSH servers, Policy-Based Decryption (PBD) for automated unlocking of LUKS-encrypted drives and delivers many enhancements, including: modulesync - this command is used to ensure the presence of modular metadata and facilitate the module installation when modular metadata is not available; lsvpd updated to version 1.7.13; the net-snmp-cert gencert utility has been updated to generate certificates by using SHA512 encryption algorithm...." See the release announcement and the detailed release notes for further information. Download: OracleLinux-R8-U6-x86_64-dvd.iso (10,823MB, pkglist). |
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2021-05-27 |
Distribution Release: Oracle Linux 8.4 |
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Simon Coter has announced the release of Oracle Linux 8.4, the latest update from the project that develops an enterprise-class Linux distribution supported by Oracle and built from source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL): "Oracle is pleased to announce the availability of the Oracle Linux 8 Update 4 for the 64-bit Intel and AMD (x86_64) and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms. Oracle Linux brings the latest open-source innovations, business-critical performance, and security optimizations for cloud and on-premises deployment. Oracle Linux maintains user space compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS, which is independent of the kernel version that underlies the operating system. Oracle Linux 8 Update 4 includes the UEK R6 Update 2 on the installation image, along with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK). For new installations, UEK R6 is enabled and installed by default and is the default kernel on first boot." Continue to the release announcement for a list of new features and improvements. The detailed release notes provide further technical details. Download link: OracleLinux-R8-U4-x86_64-dvd.iso (9,471MB, pkglist). |
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