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Operating system for managing cloud-native applications

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Oracle Linux - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: January 2026

Oracle Linux overview

What is Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux is an open-source operating system designed to help businesses handle virtualization, development, and management of cloud-native applications. The platform enables users to streamline performance tracking and security management operations for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

Oracle Linux allows employees to optimize IT infrastructures, view source codes and binaries, and deploy software updates. IT professionals can search the integrated catalog to gain information about independent software vendors (ISVs) and their applications running on the operating system. It also helps administrators monitor the performance of enterprise workloads, reduce total cost of ownership (TCO), and track the latest Linux kernel releases. Oracle Linux enables users to handle hardware-accelerated memory encryption for securing active data stored in RAMs, CPU caches, or CPU registers.

Oracle Linux facilitates binary-code compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It lets software developers monitor and analyze the behavior of the operating system and user programs through a tracing framework, DTrace.

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Oracle Linux reviews

Overall rating

4.4

/5

18

Positive reviews

89

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.28/10
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Pros
“What I like the most about this tool is that as a developer it has good tool packages and support to be able to set up an ideal development environment.”
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Ronald C.

Software Developer

“Best and most recommended Software for Virtualization, Cloud computing and Security.”
MR

Mbonjo R.

Network Engineer

“I enjoyed the pre-deployed Oracle database and drivers provided by Oracle on top of a free Virtual Machine that can run on their virtualization platform (VirtualBox).”
WI

Wassim I.

Associate Professor

Cons
“There wasn't anything that I particularly disliked about Oracle Linux.”
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Manuel Á.

SysAdmin and DDBB Admin

“Many issues when running the Oracle Linux VMs on top of Virtual Box made the experience a bit disappointing.”
MS

Maha S.

Assistant Professor

Who uses Oracle Linux?

Based on 18 verified user reviews.

Company size

Enterprises

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Computer Software
Hospital & Health Care
Information Technology and Services
Computer & Network Security
Others

Use cases

Operating Systems
Virtualization
Container Security
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Oracle Linux's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Oracle Linux users:

Data security
System updates
User interface
File management
Memory management
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All Oracle Linux features

Features rating:

App management
Virtual machine monitoring
Kernels
Cloud computing
Configuration management
Container scanning
Continuous integration
Data migration
Desktop interface
Encryption
Network monitoring
Policy management
Runtime container security

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Oracle Linux pricing

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User opinions about Oracle Linux price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Oracle Linux's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“What I like the most about this tool is that as a developer it has good tool packages and support to be able to set up an ideal development environment.”
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Ronald C.

Software Developer

“Best and most recommended Software for Virtualization, Cloud computing and Security.”
MR

Mbonjo R.

Network Engineer

Oracle Linux support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

24/7 (Live rep)
Phone Support
Knowledge Base
FAQs/Forum
Email/Help Desk

Training options

Documentation
Videos
Webinars

Oracle Linux FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Oracle Linux?

Oracle Linux has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Oracle Linux support?

Oracle Linux supports the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese


Q. Does Oracle Linux offer an API?

Yes, Oracle Linux has an API available for use.


Q. What level of support does Oracle Linux offer?

Oracle Linux offers the following support options:
24/7 (Live rep), Phone Support, Knowledge Base, FAQs/Forum, Email/Help Desk

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