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A. Png, L. DemancheGetting Started with Oracle Cloud Free Tierhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6011-1_6

6. Oracle Autonomous Linux

Adrian Png1  and Luc Demanche2
(1)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
(2)
Montreal, QC, Canada
 

In 2006, with the objective of proposing a more complete end-to-end software stack along with their database, Oracle decided to have their own distribution of Linux by modifying and compiling the Red Hat Enterprise Linux binaries. This new distribution is now called Oracle Linux and it’s the operating system (OS) of choice for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Cloud at Customer, Oracle Engineered Systems like Exadata, and others. For your on-premise needs, you can also download this product for free from ...

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