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{{Infobox OS
| name                   = Oracle Linux
| logo                   = [[File:Oracle logo.svg|200px]]
| screenshot             = OEL Desktop.png
| caption                = Oracle Linux Server 6
| developer              = [[Oracle Corporation]]
| family                 = [[Linux]]
| source_model           = [[Open source]]
| first released (4.5)   = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2006|10|26}}
| latest_release_version = 7.4<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/oracle-linux-7-update-4-general-availability-v2|title=Oracle Linux 7.4 Available Now|accessdate=23 Aug 2017}}</ref>
| latest_release_date    = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2017|08|08}}
| latest_test_version    =
| latest_test_date       =
| marketing_target       = Enterprise and Cloud computing
| language               = <!--Exactly which? List them all.-->
| kernel_type            = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Linux kernel|Linux]])
| package_manager        = [[RPM Package Manager]]
| ui                     = [[GNOME]] and [[KDE]] (user-selectable)
| license                = [[GNU GPL]] & various others.
| working_state          = Current
| supported_platforms    = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[SPARC]]
| updatemodel            = [[Yellowdog Updater, Modified|YUM]] ([[PackageKit]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://public-yum.oracle.com/|title=Oracle Public Yum Server|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>
| website                = {{URL|www.oracle.com/linux}}
}}

'''Oracle Linux''' (OL, formerly known as '''Oracle Enterprise Linux''') is a [[Linux distribution]] packaged and freely distributed by [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], available partially under the [[GNU General Public License]] since late 2006.<ref name="FAQ">{{cite web|title= Oracle Linux FAQ|url= http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/027617.pdf|publisher= Oracle Corporation|accessdate= 14 April 2011}}</ref>  It is compiled from Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code, replacing Red Hat branding with Oracle's.  It is also used by Oracle Cloud and Oracle Engineered Systems such as [[Oracle Exadata]] and others.

Potential users can freely download Oracle Linux through Oracle's E-delivery service (Oracle Software Delivery Cloud) or from a variety of mirror sites, and can deploy and distribute it without cost.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/competitive-335546.html|title= Fast, Modern, Reliable Linux at a Fraction of the Cost of Red Hat|publisher= |accessdate= 17 April 2015}}</ref> The company's ''Oracle Linux Support program'' aims to provide commercial technical support, covering Oracle Linux and existing [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux|RHEL]] or [[CentOS]] installations but without any certification from the former (i.e. without re-installation or re-boot<ref>{{cite web|url= http://linux.oracle.com/switch|title= Switching from Red Hat Network to Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN)|publisher= |accessdate= 17 April 2015}}</ref>).<ref name="FAQ"/> {{As of | 2016}} Oracle Linux had over 15,000 customers subscribed to the support program.

=={{Anchor|RHCK|UEK}}Oracle statement about RHEL compatibility==
Oracle Corporation distributes Oracle Linux with two alternative kernels:

* ''Red Hat Compatible Kernel'' (RHCK){{snd}} identical to the kernel shipped in [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]
* ''Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel'' (UEK<ref>{{cite book
| last1            = Bach
| first1           = Martin
| title            = Expert Consolidation in Oracle Database 12c
| url              = https://books.google.com/books?id=85cQAwAAQBAJ
| series           = SpringerLink : Bücher
| publisher        = Apress
| publication-date = 2013
| page             = 139
| isbn             = 9781430244295
| accessdate       = 2014-04-21
| quote            = For a long time, the differences between Red Hat Linux and Oracle Linux were negligible. This was before Oracle released its own branch of the kernel - the so-called ''Unbreakable Linux Kernel (UEK).
}}</ref>){{snd}} based on newer mainline Linux kernel versions, with Oracle's own enhancements for [[online transaction processing|OLTP]], [[InfiniBand]], [[Solid-state drive|SSD]] disk access, [[Non-Uniform Memory Access|NUMA]]-optimizations, [[Reliable Datagram Sockets]] (RDS), [[asynchronous I/O|async I/O]], [[OCFS2]], and networking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/unbreakable-enterprise-kernel-ds-173416.pdf|title=Oracle Linux with Oracle's Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/product/overview/index.html|title=Oracle Linux}}</ref>

Oracle promotes Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel as having 100% compatibility with RHEL. Oracle claims unilaterally this allows unchanged installation and run of Oracle middleware and third-party RHEL-certified applications, but it does not provide any reference to third-party documentation.<ref name="FAQ"/>

==Hardware compatibility==
Oracle Linux is certified on servers including from [[IBM]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/solutions/os/linux/oracle.html|title=IBM System x and BladeCenter solutions - Oracle Linux|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref> [[Hewlett-Packard]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/486403-0-0-0-121.html|title=HP® Official Site - Laptop Computers, Desktops, Printers, Servers, Services and more|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref> [[Dell]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/oracle-solutions.aspx#facets=os-oracle-enterprise-linux-5&p=1|title=Oracle|author=Dell us|work=Dell|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref> [[Lenovo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.lenovo.com/news+releases/oracle-hcl.htm|title=Lenovo ThinkServer Systems Certified for Oracle VM and Oracle Linux}}</ref> and [[Cisco]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns955/ns967/unified_computing.html|title= Solutions|date=3 December 2014|work=Cisco|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref> In 2010, [[Force10]] announced support for [[Oracle VM Server for x86]] and Oracle Linux.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.force10networks.com/news/pressreleases/2010/pr-2010-10-25.asp|title= Press Releases|author=Dell us|work=Dell|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113204408/http://force10networks.com/news/pressreleases/2010/pr-2010-10-25.asp|archivedate=2012-11-13|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref> Oracle Linux is also available on [[Amazon EC2]] as an [[Amazon Machine Image]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aws.amazon.com/amis/Oracle|title=Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) > Oracle}}</ref> and on Microsoft [[Windows Azure]] as a VM Image.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/wim/entry/oracle_linux_6_on_microsoft|title=Oracle Linux 6 on Microsoft Azure (Wim Coekaerts Blog)|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>

Oracle/Sun servers with [[x86-64]] processors can be configured to ship with Oracle Linux.<ref>
{{cite web|url= http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/servers/index.html
|title= Servers - Sun Servers - Oracle
|publisher=
|accessdate=17 April 2015}}
</ref>

Visit the [https://linux.oracle.com/hardware-certifications Hardware Certification List] for the complete list of the certified hardware on Oracle Linux and [[Oracle VM]].

==Virtualization support==
Under the Oracle Linux Support program, Oracle Linux supports [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine|KVM]] and [[Xen]].<ref name="FAQ"/>

Other Oracle products are only supported under the Xen-based [[Oracle VM Server for x86]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Oracle+VM|title=Oracle Wiki|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>

==Deployment inside Oracle Corporation==
Oracle Corporation uses Oracle Linux extensively within Oracle Public Cloud, internally to lower IT costs. Oracle Linux is deployed on more than 42,000 servers by Oracle Global IT; the SaaS ''Oracle On Demand'' service, [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle University]], and Oracle's technology demo systems also run Oracle Linux.<ref name="FAQ"/>

Software developers at Oracle develop [[Oracle Database]], [[Oracle Fusion Middleware|Fusion Middleware]], [[Oracle E-Business Suite|E-Business Suite]] and other components of [[Oracle Applications]] on Oracle Linux.<ref name="FAQ"/>

==Related products==
Oracle Linux is used as the underlying operating system for the following appliances.<ref>{{YouTube|id=gmm5Jq_g488|title=PartnerCast: Oracle Linux}}</ref>
* [[Oracle Exadata]]
* [[Oracle Exalogic]]
* Oracle Big Data Appliance
* Oracle Exalytics
* Oracle Database Appliance

==Specific additions==
* [[Ksplice]] – Oracle acquired ''Ksplice Inc'' in 2011, and offers Oracle Linux users Ksplice to enable hot kernel patching<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/Acquisitions/ksplice/customer-letter-430127.html|title=Customer Letter - Oracle and Ksplice|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[DTrace]] – {{As of|2011|10}}, Oracle has begun porting DTrace from [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] as a Linux kernel module<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.oracle.com/wim/entry/trying_out_dtrace|title=trying out dtrace (Wim Coekaerts Blog)|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[Oracle Clusterware]] – OS-level [[high availability]] technology used by [[Oracle RAC]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/clusterware/overview/clusterware-for-linux-088663.html|title=Oracle Clusterware For Linux FAQ|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[Oracle Enterprise Manager]] – freely available to users with Oracle Linux support subscriptions to manage, monitor, and provision Oracle Linux.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/wim/entry/spacewalk_2_0_provided_to|title=Spacewalk 2.0 provided to manage Oracle Linux systems (Wim Coekaerts Blog)|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>

==Benchmark submissions==

===Sun Fire systems===
In March 2012, Oracle submitted a [[Transaction Processing Performance Council|TPC-C]] benchmark result using a [[Sun Fire]] server running Oracle Linux and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://c970058.r58.cf2.rackcdn.com/fdr/tpcc/Oracle_X4800-M2_TPCC_OL-UEK-FDR_Rev2_071012.pdf|title=TPC-C Full Disclosure Report: Oracle's Sun Fire X4800 M2 Server Using Oracle Database 11g Release 2}}</ref> With 8 [[Intel Xeon]] processors running Oracle DB 11 R2, the system is able to handle over 5.06 million tpmC (New-Order transactions per minute while fulfilling [[Transaction Processing Performance Council|TPC-C]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/faq.asp|title=TPC-C - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>). The server is the third fastest TPC-C non-clustered system and is the fastest x86-64 non-clustered system.<ref name="tpc.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_perf_results.asp?resulttype=noncluster|title=TPC-C - Top Ten Performance Results - Non-Clustered|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/wim/entry/4_8m_wasn_t_enough|title=4.8M wasn't enough so we went for 5.055M tpmc with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel r2 :-) (Wim Coekaerts Blog)|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>

Oracle also submitted a [[SPEC|SPECjEnterprise2010]] benchmark record using Oracle Linux and [[Oracle WebLogic Server]], and achieved both a single node and an x86 world record result of 27,150 EjOPS (SPECjEnterprise Operation/second).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spec.org/jEnterprise2010/results/res2012q1/jEnterprise2010-20120306-00029.html|title=SPECjEnterprise2010 Result: Oracle Weblogic Server Standard Edition Release 12.1.1 on Oracle Sun Fire X4800 M2|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>

===Cisco UCS systems===
Cisco submitted 2 TPC-C benchmark results that run Oracle Linux with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R2 on [[Cisco Unified Computing System|UCS systems]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://c970058.r58.cf2.rackcdn.com/fdr/tpcc/Cisco-Oracle_C250_TPC-C_FDR.pdf | title=TPC-C Full Disclosure Report: Cisco UCS C250 M2 Extended-Memory Server | publisher=[[Transaction Processing Performance Council]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://c970058.r58.cf2.rackcdn.com/fdr/tpcc/Cisco-Oracle%20C240%20TPC-C%20FDR.pdf | title=TPC-C Full Disclosure Report: Cisco UCS C240 M3 Rack Server | publisher=[[Transaction Processing Performance Council]]}}</ref> The UCS systems rank fourth and eighth on the top TPC-C non-clustered list.<ref name="tpc.org"/>

==SPARC version==
In December 2010, Oracle CEO [[Larry Ellison]], in response to a question on Oracle's Linux strategy, said that at some point in the future Oracle Linux would run on Oracle's [[SPARC]] platforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/212564/ellison_oracle_enterprise_linux_coming_to_sparc.html|title=Ellison: Oracle Enterprise Linux Coming to Sparc|date=6 December 2010|work=PCWorld|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref> At [[Oracle OpenWorld]] 2014 John Fowler, Oracle's Executive Vice President for Systems, also said that Linux will be able to run on SPARC at some point.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle says Sparc M7 chip will put an end to Heartbleed|url=http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2373412/oracle-says-sparc-m7-chip-will-put-an-end-to-heartbleed|publisher=The Inquirer}}</ref>

In October 2015, Oracle released a Linux reference platform for SPARC systems based on [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] 6.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oss.oracle.com/projects/linux-sparc/|title=Project: Linux for SPARC - oss.oracle.com|website=oss.oracle.com|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2015/10/msg00012.html|title=Re: Resurrecting Debian on SPARC|website=lists.debian.org|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://marc.info/?t=144429374400004|title='Oracle have been working on Sparc Linux' thread - MARC|website=marc.info|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref>

In September 2016, Oracle released information about an upcoming product, [[Oracle Exadata]] SL6-2, a database server using SPARC processors running Linux.<ref>{{cite web
  |url = http://vanpupi.stepi.net/index.php/2016/09/20/welcome-exadata-sl6-2/
  |title = Welcome Exadata SL6-2!
  |accessdate = 2016-09-20
  |author = Pieter V. Puymbroeck
  |date = 2016-09-20
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  |url = https://twitter.com/ExadataPM/status/778017406710980608
  |title = Coming soon #Exadata SL6 SPARC Linux - All benefit of Software in Silicon in a Linux #Exadata platform #oow16
  |accessdate = 2016-11-27
  |author = Gurmeet Goindi
  |date = 2016-09-19
}}</ref>

On March 31, 2017, Oracle posted the first public release of Oracle Linux for SPARC, installable on SPARC [[SPARC T4|T4]], [[SPARC T5|T5]], M5, and M7 processors.<ref name="WC_first_SPARC">{{cite web
  |url = https://blogs.oracle.com/wim/entry/oracle_linux_6_for_sparc
  |title = Oracle Linux 6 for SPARC 
  |accessdate = 2017-04-03
  |author = Wim Coekaerts
  |date = 2017-03-31
  |work = Wim Coekaerts Blog
  |publisher = Oracle, Inc.
}}</ref> The release notes state that the release is being made available "for the benefit of developers and partners", but is only supported on Exadata SL6 hardware.<ref>{{cite web
  |url = http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/E86243/html/
  |title = Release Notes for Oracle Linux 6 Update 7 (SPARC)
  |accessdate = 2017-04-03
  |date = March 2017
  |publisher = Oracle, Inc.
}}</ref>

==Software updates and version history==
In March 2012, Oracle announced free software updates and errata for Oracle Linux on Oracle's public yum repositories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1563775|title=Oracle Announces the Certification of the Oracle Database|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref> In September 2013, Oracle announced that each month its free public yum servers handle 80 TB of data, and the switch to the [[Akamai Technologies|Akamai]] [[content delivery network]] to handle the traffic growth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/public_yum_now_powered_by|title=Public yum now powered by Akamai (Oracle's Linux Blog)|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>

===Release history===
* Oracle Linux 7, 7.1, 7.2,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E53499/html/index.html|title=Oracle® Linux|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref> 7.3, 7.4
* Oracle Linux 6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oss.oracle.com/el6/docs/|title=Index of /el6/docs|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref> 6.8, 6.9
* Oracle Linux 5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oss.oracle.com/el5/docs/|title=Index of /el5/docs|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>
* Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oss.oracle.com/el4/docs/|title=Index of /el4/docs|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>

Oracle Linux uses a version-naming convention identical to that of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (e.g. the first version, Oracle Linux 4.5, is based on RHEL 4.5).

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Oracle Linux Release
! Architectures
! RHEL base
! Oracle Linux release date
! RHEL release date
! Days after RHEL release
|-
! 4.5
| i386, x86-64
| 4.5
|
| 2007-05-01
|
|-
! 4.6
| i386, x86-64
| 4.6
| 2007-12-10<ref>{{cite web|title=Enterprise Linux Release 4 Update 6 for x86 (32 bit)and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-December/000438.html}}</ref>
| 2007-11-16
| style="text-align: center;"|24
|-
! 4.7
| i386, x86-64
| 4.7
| 2008-08-05<ref>{{cite web|title=Enterprise Linux Release 4 Update 7 for x86 (32 bit) , x86_64 (64 Bit) and Itanium (ia64) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-August/000700.html}}</ref>
| 2008-07-24
| style="text-align: center;"|12
|-
! 4.8
| i386, x86-64
| 4.8
| 2009-05-26<ref>{{cite web|title=Enterprise Linux Release 4 Update 8 for x86 (32 bit) , x86_64 (64 Bit) and Itanium (ia64) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2009-May/001012.html}}</ref>
| 2009-05-18
| style="text-align: center;"|8
|-
! 4.9
| i386, x86-64
| 4.9
|
| 2011-02-16
|
|-
! 5.0
| i386, x86-64
| 5
| 2007-06-26<ref>{{cite web|title=Enterprise Linux Release 5|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-June/000189.html}}</ref>
| 2007-03-14
| style="text-align: center;"|104
|-
! 5.1
| i386, x86-64
| 5.1
| 2007-11-26<ref>{{cite web|title=Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 1 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-November/000414.html}}</ref>
| 2007-11-07
| style="text-align: center;"|19
|-
! 5.2
| i386, x86-64
| 5.2
| 2008-06-02<ref>{{cite web|title=Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 2 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-June/000619.html}}</ref>
| 2008-05-21
| style="text-align: center;"|12
|-
! 5.3
| i386, x86-64
| 5.3
| 2009-01-28<ref>{{cite web|title=Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 3 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2009-January/000869.html}}</ref>
| 2009-01-20
| style="text-align: center;"|8
|-
! 5.4
| i386, x86-64, ia64
| 5.4
| 2009-09-09<ref>{{cite web|title=Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 4 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2009-September/001140.html}}</ref>
| 2009-09-02
| style="text-align: center;"|7
|-
! 5.5
| i386, x86-64, ia64
| 5.5
| 2010-04-07<ref>{{cite web|title=Enterprise Linux Release 5 Update 5 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2010-April/001425.html}}</ref>
| 2010-03-31
| style="text-align: center;"|7
|-
! 5.6
| i386, x86-64, ia64
| 5.6
| 2011-01-22<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 6 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-January/001791.html}}</ref>
| 2011-01-13
| style="text-align: center;"|9
|-
! 5.7
| i386, x86-64, ia64
| 5.7
| 2011-08-16<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 7 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-August/002251.html}}</ref>
| 2011-07-21
| style="text-align: center;"|26
|-
! 5.8
| i386, x86-64, ia64
| 5.8
| 2012-03-02<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 8 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-March/002637.html}}</ref>
| 2012-02-21
| style="text-align: center;"|10
|-
! 5.9
| i386, x86-64, ia64
| 5.9
| 2013-01-16<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 9 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2013-January/003209.html}}</ref>
| 2013-01-07
| style="text-align: center;"|9
|-
! 5.10
| i386, x86-64, ia64
| 5.10
| 2013-10-08<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 10 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2013-October/003711.html}}</ref>
| 2013-10-01
| style="text-align: center;"|7
|-
! 5.11
| i386, x86-64, ia64
| 5.11
| 2014-09-23<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 11 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2014-September/004468.html}}</ref>
| 2014-09-16
| style="text-align: center;"|7
|-
! 6.0
| i386, x86-64
| 6
| 2011-02-11<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 6|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-February/001819.html}}</ref>
| 2010-11-10
| style="text-align: center;"|93
|-
! 6.1
| i386, x86-64
| 6.1
| 2011-06-01
| 2011-05-19
| style="text-align: center;"|13
|-
! 6.2
| i386, x86-64
| 6.2
| 2011-12-15
| 2011-12-06
| style="text-align: center;"|9
|-
! 6.3
| i386, x86-64
| 6.3
| 2012-06-28<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 3 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2012-June/002881.html}}</ref>
| 2012-06-21
| style="text-align: center;"|7
|-
! 6.4
| i386, x86-64
| 6.4
| 2013-02-28<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2013-February/003307.html}}</ref>
| 2013-02-21
| style="text-align: center;"|7
|-
! 6.5
| i386, x86-64
| 6.5
| 2013-11-27<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 5 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2013-November/003829.html}}</ref>
| 2013-11-21
| style="text-align: center;"|6
|-
! 6.6
| i386, x86-64
| 6.6
| 2014-10-21<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 6 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2013-November/003829.html}}</ref>
| 2014-10-14
| style="text-align: center;"|7
|-
! rowspan=2 | 6.7
| i386, x86-64
| rowspan=2 | 6.7
| 2015-07-31<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing the general availability of Oracle Linux 6.7|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/announcing_the_general_availability_of}}</ref>
| rowspan=2 | 2015-07-22
| style="text-align: center;"|9
|-
| SPARC
| 2017-03-31<ref name="WC_first_SPARC"/>
| style="text-align: center;"|618
|-
! 6.8
| i386, x86-64
| 6.8
| 2016-05-16<ref>{{cite web|title=FRIDAY SPOTLIGHT: Oracle Linux 6.8 is now available|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/friday_spotlight_oracle_linux_6}}</ref>
| 2016-05-10
| style="text-align: center;"|6
|-
! 6.9
| i386, x86-64
| 6.9
| 2017-03-28<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing the release of Oracle Linux 6 Update 9|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/announcing_the_release_of_oracle}}</ref>
| 2017-03-21
| style="text-align: center;"|7
|-
|-
! 7.0
| x86-64
| 7.0
| 2014-07-23<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux 7 Release for x86_64|url=https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2014-July/004247.html}}</ref>
| 2014-06-10
| style="text-align: center;"|43
|-
! 7.1
| x86-64
| 7.1
| 2015-03-12<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing General Availability of Oracle Linux 7.1|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/announcing_general_availability_of_oracle2}}</ref>
| 2015-03-05
| style="text-align: center;"|7
|-
! 7.2
| x86-64
| 7.2
| 2015-11-25<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing General Availability of Oracle Linux 7.2|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/announcing_the_general_availability_of3}}</ref>
| 2015-11-19
| style="text-align: center;"|6
|-
! 7.3
| x86-64
| 7.3
| 2016-11-10<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux 7.3 Available Now|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/oracle_linux_7_update_3}}</ref>
| 2016-11-03
| style="text-align: center;"|6
|-
! 7.4
| x86-64
| 7.4
| 2017-08-08<ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Linux 7.4 Available Now|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/oracle-linux-7-update-4-general-availability-v2}}</ref>
| 2017-07-31
| style="text-align: center;"|8
|}

==Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux==
Oracle announced on 24 September 2014 Oracle [[OpenStack]] for Oracle Linux distribution which allows users to control Oracle Linux and Oracle VM through OpenStack in production environments. Based on the OpenStack Icehouse release,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/openstack/linux/documentation/release-notes-oracle-openstack-2296040.pdf|title=Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux Release 1.0 (Icehouse)}}</ref> Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux distribution is a cloud management software product that provides an enterprise type solution to deploy and manage the IT environment. The product maintains the flexibility of OpenStack, allowing users to deploy different configurations, and to integrate with different software and hardware vendors. Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux is available for free download. There is no licensing cost. It can be downloaded for free from the Oracle web page. Supported OpenStack Services in Version 1 includes Nova, Keystone, Cinder, Glance, Neutron, Horizon and Swift. According to Oracle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/oracle-openstack-for-linux-faq-2380291.pdf|title=Frequently Asked Questions Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux 1.0 (Icehouse)}}</ref> the support for Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux is included as part of Oracle Premier Support for Oracle Linux, Oracle VM, and Systems. Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux can be downloaded from [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/openstack/linux/downloads/index.html this site].

==See also==
{{Portal|Free software}}
* [[Solaris (operating system)|Oracle Solaris]]
* [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux derivatives]]
* [[Commercial products based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/product/overview/index.html}}
* [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/solutions/os/linux/oracle.html IBM System x and BladeCenter solutions - Oracle Linux]
* {{DistroWatch|oracle|NAME=Oracle Linux}}

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