Oracle Releases Linux 6.2 With Driver Upgrades

[Guest]

Oracle has published the download of Oracle Linux 6.2, a free clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

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[HansVonOhain]

To be honest, this is the first time I hear about this version of Linux.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

[citation][nom]HansVonOhain[/nom]To be honest, this is the first time I hear about this version of Linux.[/citation]

Me too So, unbreakable kernel... how much they wanna bet I'll "break it"? A careless tweak to initramfs and a kernel update today cost me 30 minutes of my time; ANYTHING is breakable :lol:

 

[in_the_loop]

[citation][nom]HansVonOhain[/nom]To be honest, this is the first time I hear about this version of Linux.[/citation]

Yeah, "Linux 6.2", they must really be ahead of the curve while the rest of us is using Linux 3.1, at best...
(A big fail in the headline).

 

[kcorp2003]

I mingle with this operating system before. Love that monitoring Individual Host feature.

 

[NITROGEnarcosis]

[citation][nom]in_the_loop[/nom]Yeah, "Linux 6.2", they must really be ahead of the curve while the rest of us is using Linux 3.1, at best...(A big fail in the headline).[/citation]

The 6.2 is in reference to Red Hat Enterprise Linux ver. 6.2 which Oracle is basing their distro off of. These distros are all still running 2.6.x kernels; no bleeding edge software for production systems.

 

[phatboe]

epic title fail

 

[phatboe]

epic title fail

 

[achoo2]

Oracle Linux is made available as a free download, requires, however a paid service contract with Oracle.

Shoddy proofreading. Very shoddy.

 

[sissysue]

Definitely geared toward business, I'll stick with my Ubuntu.

 

[mayne92]

[citation][nom]achoo2[/nom]Shoddy proofreading. Very shoddy.[/citation]
How is it shoddy proofreading? I haven't tried this particular flavor but I'm quite sure this works just like RHEL where they let you download and install the OS for FREE but after so many days you have to pay for a contract to continue getting "updates"...but free to continue using without being up-to-date. So really the author is correct...

Reminds me of the reason why Red Hat has recently 'obfuscated' their kernel source to try and make it harder for downstream vendors to easily see what changes were made to it...basically what Oracle does to compete - offering "Red Hat compat. kernel" as part of their subscription.