We use Oracle Linux as the OS since we are into OKE, the Kubernetes engine of Oracle, and it's a managed AMI provided by Oracle. That's the default choice.

We use Oracle Linux in a solution which is in VDI, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure that we provide to our customers and that is the base image that we provide to our customers.

Since the use case for us is pretty much with OKE, Oracle Linux has been a good thing for us. Since it's optimized and managed, we wouldn't have to manage it as much; our workload reduces since it's a managed thing.

I wouldn't say it's specifically an Oracle Linux pro, but when using Oracle Linux with a Kubernetes engine, it provides you with all the necessary libraries that it needs for a startup. This means quicker startup time and quicker joining to the cluster. It's just fast when you use Oracle Linux because it's optimized for your OKE engine.

When I mention quicker startup time and easier joining to the cluster, it means you have a pretty good startup when you want to scale, you don't have to wait longer times just for your nodes to come up. When you have your traffic spiking, you don't want to wait that two to three minutes extra for a node to join the cluster, so that's where you have that advantage. And even for the customers when we give them access, it's a better startup since it's optimized and has all the necessary libraries.

When I mention our workload is reduced because it's managed and optimized, it is approximately 80 to 90 percent of our workload is reduced because Kubernetes also releases frequent updates. You don't have to migrate to a new one; when you're migrating, it's pretty quick. All the security patches are handled by Oracle. The newer updates are provided by Oracle, and you don't have to test it. You will need to do some rounds of testing, but way less than managing your own Linux.

From the performance perspective, Oracle Linux could be improved. I have even worked in Amazon Linux, and I do tend to feel that when running on the same instance, other Linux distros tend to perform better than Oracle Linux, even if you do a side-by-side comparison of Amazon Linux and Oracle Linux. I would definitely lean into Amazon Linux.

I don't have insights on the exact specification where Oracle Linux lacks, but when you're SSHed in connected to your machine, you just feel that it's a bit slower. It's kind of laggy compared to your other experience in Amazon.

It's been around one year that we use Oracle Linux in our Kubernetes environment.

We haven't seen any issues with Oracle Linux that have caused downtime or any significant performance issue as of now.

Oracle Linux is stable for our workloads. We haven't faced any major issue.

Oracle Linux is pretty much scalable. We run a thousand-node cluster with around 8,000 to 9,000 pods running in a cluster, and we have 10 to 15 clusters that we are already running. We are planning to scale it to 40 or 50 clusters as and when customers get onboarded, and till now, it's been kind of stable; we haven't seen any issues with the scale.

The customer support for Oracle Linux, coming from an AWS perspective, is absolute garbage. They have free support and paid enterprise support, but both of them haven't been that great for us. It's not that supportive because AWS support was way better than what we are experiencing from OCI.

We were using Amazon Web Services (AWS) before switching to Oracle Linux. It was majorly from a cost perspective that we wanted to switch to Oracle because the compute is a lot cheaper in OCI when compared to AWS.

Since we have migrated our workload to Oracle, we do see significant savings in our cost. We measure it from per user cost since we have a virtual desktop infrastructure that we provide to our customers. We had in AWS around 415 per user, so that would be around 400 INR per user in AWS, and post using Oracle, we have reduced it to around 300 INR. So it's a significant drop in the cost.

We do find Oracle Linux cost-effective because we have been integrated into their OKE ecosystem, so we feel we're getting good value.

The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is pretty straightforward and it's low cost compared to any other cloud providers out there. Oracle is way too cheap compared to them.

We pretty much stick to Oracle Linux because it was a managed service, so we stuck to that. We didn't explore much on other distros.

There's nothing specific about our use case with Oracle Linux.

It's pretty much in terms of any other Linux, so there's nothing too great that Oracle Linux can flex on. It's just a typical Linux.

Other than that, I don't see any other positive impacts from a sole purpose of Linux. Something out of the box that other Linux providers are not providing, I don't see any such thing in Oracle Linux.

When I mention our workload is reduced because it's managed and optimized, it is approximately 80 to 90 percent of our workload is reduced because Kubernetes also releases frequent updates. You don't have to migrate to a new one; when you're migrating, it's pretty quick. All the security patches are handled by Oracle. The newer updates are provided by Oracle, and you don't have to test it. You will need to do some rounds of testing, but way less than managing your own Linux.

It's pretty much optimized for their Kubernetes engine. That's the whole point. So it's pretty good when you are in their ecosystem and you're using their own Linux. But when it comes to Linux, I do feel there are way better options to choose from instead of Oracle Linux.

I don't have much info on the security perspective because I don't handle that. But whatever I have seen, there's not much work that my organization does from a security standpoint for managed Oracle Linux.

We are in the Oracle ecosystem, so I haven't felt any hiccups integrating Oracle Linux with their services because they own the environment. I haven't seen such hiccups where their own service is not able to integrate smoothly.

I haven't gone through Oracle Linux documentation specifically, but Oracle docs are a little bit messy and a bit difficult to find, sometimes even ambiguous.

The same command line system prompts that you would give to Amazon Linux are applicable, so the migration was pretty smooth when we went from Amazon Linux to Oracle Linux since we were changing the cloud providers.

Specifically for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, if you want cheap compute and you want to run some non-impacting workloads and batch workloads, I think that is where OCI would shine where you would be reducing costs significantly.

I would rate this review as an 8 out of 10.

My main use case for Oracle Linux is to provision a VM and run applications or services.

A specific example of an application I run on Oracle Linux is revenue assurance and fraud management systems. Oracle Linux serves as the OS, while the application sits on the OS. We make use of some of the Linux packages that are residing on Oracle Linux to work with the application or the service. Oracle Linux also provides us with NFS and CIFS because we needed to have a central storage.

The best features Oracle Linux offers include being a Linux system designed for enterprise environments, and it is based off of Red Hat Linux, which makes it much more stable and also improves security.

The features of Oracle Linux have helped my organization because we have noticed fewer security incidents since it is a downstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We get updates regularly, and we run our updates regularly, which leads to much fewer security incidents. Because it is a Linux system, we are able to get better uptime with our security patches.

Oracle Linux has positively impacted my organization by making it easier to manage and also being much cheaper than Red Hat because you do not have to pay for subscription licenses, leading to improvements and cost savings.

I wish Oracle Linux could improve its OVM because I want it to run HCI solutions where I can aggregate my local disks using technology such as vSAN, especially since Red Hat has discontinued RHEV for OpenShift.

I have been using Oracle Linux for eight years.

Oracle Linux is stable in my experience, as it is a downstream for Red Hat, making it much more stable and secure.

Oracle Linux's scalability is good because it can handle growth, as we use it in our services, and one of the services has grown from 20 to 30 servers.

My experience with customer support for Oracle Linux has been acceptable; I have had one or two opportunities to reach out to them, and the experience has not been bad.

I rate the customer support for Oracle Linux a six out of ten.

In addition to Oracle Linux, I also use Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Debian, so I have not stopped using other solutions.

I do not have any numbers or examples regarding a return on investment to share because I do not conduct any tests to be able to decide this, but I know for a fact that I do not have to pay for subscription or licensing, and because it is Red Hat-based, most people know how to use it.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Oracle Linux has been very positive because when it comes to licensing and the likes, as I said, it is a downstream of Red Hat, so you do not have to pay much for licensing or subscription. The only thing you have to pay for is support.

I did not evaluate any other option before choosing Oracle Linux; I just went for it.

I do not manage the system, but I manage the OS, so that is what I can provide.

The cost savings from using Oracle Linux come from the fact that since it is a downstream of Red Hat, you do not have to pay for subscription, while you enjoy most of the benefits of Red Hat, so we use it.

I would advise others looking into using Oracle Linux to try it, and if they are comfortable with it, then they can go ahead.

I gave this review an overall rating of seven out of ten.

My main use cases for Oracle Linux are ERP. I am using Oracle Linux for ERP purposes.

I find everything useful in this tool, as we are currently using Finance, Material Management, and Supply Chain. All of these features are beneficial.

Oracle Linux can be improved by making it more user-friendly.

The interface and some features need improvement. The interface is very important. Sometimes, there is a very lengthy process to generate a single report. The customization also needs development.

There should be more customization allowed for the system. There are some limitations as we cannot customize the system according to our needs. We have to use the standard features which are not always suitable for our business. Despite these limitations, we continue to use it.

I have been working with Oracle Linux for the last four to five years.

I consider Oracle Linux to be stable software. It is stable, proactive, and secure.

The biggest advantage and benefit of Oracle Linux is its stability, proactivity, and security.

Regarding scalability, I would rate Oracle Linux between five to six.

Regarding technical support and customer support, I have contacted them and would rate it 8 out of 10.

It is not critical to set up Oracle Linux.

When considering the value for money with Oracle Linux, I believe there is definite value.

I have no experience with Oracle APEX or with Oracle ODI, but we are planning to move from Oracle EBS to Fusion.

I am not using the DTrace comprehensive dynamic tracing framework.

I am interested in taking an exam or getting certification from Oracle.

On a scale of 1-10, I rate Oracle Linux a 7.

In our company, we are using Oracle Linux for virtualized machines or VMs. So, Oracle Linux is the operating software for us. The tool is easy to use, and its performance is also good. From a competitive point of view, the solution is cost-effective, so it is installed in our machines.

The solution's security could be better and improved, but I am not sure.

Since it is a VM, it gets slow. It can be an area for improvement. So, we get a connection, making it not a very significant issue since it usually works well.

I have been using Oracle Linux for two to three years as an end-user. Also, I don't remember the version of the solution I am using.

It is a stable solution. We rarely face any issues with the machine.

Since the solution is a per-machine license-based one, I am unsure about its scalability.

I have worked with thousands who were working on the solution.

With our machines, we do seek help from the solution's technical support. So, whenever we have an issue, as I mentioned, we go back to IT support to raise a ticket, and they resolve our issues in a day.

We switched to Oracle Linux from another solution since it is our organization that provides us with software, it is. So they decided Oracle Linux to be the operating system we all use.

We get the machines to work on, but since I am an end-user, I feel that I am not the right person to speak on how Oracle Linux does the setup and the cost involved in the solution. We let the staff involved in the deployment and maintenance know whenever we have an issue with the operating system. We generate a ticket, and depending upon an issue, they take a day maximum to resolve our issues.

Our IT support team did everything related to the installation part.

We are currently operating the solution using a license-based version. We get licenses per machine.

The evaluation of other solutions was not carried out at an organizational level but at a personal level, and I looked at Microsoft-based products. There are two different scenarios, one of which, at a personal level, I might have a different operating system on my computer, while in the second one, my office might be providing me with some different machine. But we need to acknowledge the fact that the company's decision is of paramount importance.

I rate the overall product a seven to eight out of ten.