Oracle has updated the kernel of its Linux distribution to take advantage of the latest Linux advances, the company announced Tuesday. It also previewed a number of new features, including a module ...

Oracle has updated the kernel of its Linux distribution to take advantage of the latest Linux advances, the company announced Tuesday. It also previewed a number of new features, including a module ...

After years of using Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the basis for its own “Unbreakable Linux” distribution, Oracle this week announced that it has created its own version of the Linux kernel that’s ...

Linux kernel head Linus Torvalds has warned engineers against adding a module for the ZFS filesystem that was designed by Sun Microsystems – and now owned by Oracle – due to licensing issues. As ...

The FINANCIAL — Oracle on September 19 announced the availability of Oracle’s Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel, a fast, modern, reliable Linux kernel that is optimized for Oracle software and hardware.

Support for Oracle Corp. database clustering and IBM Corp.’s Cell processor are among the new enhancements in the latest version of the Linux kernel. Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds announced ...

Oracle Linux has been updated with complete compatibility for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as well as post-quantum cryptography (PQC) protection. Version 9.7 of Oracle’s open source operating system ...

The open-source operating system is a key piece in filling out Oracle’s technology stack, which takes a soup-to-nuts approach, from applications to the database. The missing piece is the operating ...

Enterprise comes to the micro server. Oracle Linux 7 has been released for the Raspberry Pi 3. The release packages Btrfs as the root filesystem on the UEK-branded Linux 4.14 Long Term Support (LTS) ...

For high-priority systems, it's difficult -- and often impossible -- to reboot a server. You can update nearly every part of a Linux system without needing to reboot -- except for kernel patching.

SAN FRANCISCO--Within the next five years, half of Oracle's customers may be running Linux, company President Charles Phillips has predicted. The open-source operating system is a key piece in filling ...