Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 is the next generation enterprise operating system that provides a stable foundation for your hybrid cloud environment.

Highlights:

  • Rich set of new versions of applications that include databases, web servers, developer tools and infrastructure services delivering many new features and usability improvements.
  • Support for modern hardware platforms and devices based on an upstream 4.x kernel.
  • Standard set of tools to curate content and build lightweight installable images.
  • Standard management interface to configure basic services (network, storage, and compute) with the help of system roles based on Ansible technology.
  • Faster dependency resolution and a standard plug-in API for package management using YUM based on DNF technology.
  • Simplification of the structure of the content set by consolidating packages into two main repositories – BaseOS and Application Stream.

Oracle Linux 8 can be confidently deployed as a guest on supported hypervisors and public cloud environments. It can also be deployed on physical infrastructure, so your applications can take advantage of cutting-edge features of the underlying hardware platform.

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