Oracle has released version 9.1 of the Oracle Linux distribution, built on the package base of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 and fully binary-compatible with it. It offers unrestricted access to installation ISO images, with sizes of 9.2 GB and 839 MB, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. Oracle Linux 9 provides unlimited and free access to the yum repository with binary updates for packages addressing bug fixes (errata) and security issues. There are also separately supported repositories for Application Stream and CodeReady Builder package sets.
In addition to the kernel package from RHEL (based on kernel 5.14), Oracle Linux offers its own Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 7, based on Linux kernel 5.15 and optimized for working with Oracle’s enterprise software and hardware. The kernel source code, including the breakdown into separate patches, is available in Oracle's public Git repository. The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel is installed by default, positioned as an alternative to the standard RHEL kernel package, and provides a number of advanced features, such as DTrace integration and improved Btrfs support. Apart from the additional kernel functionality, Oracle Linux 9.1 and RHEL 9.1 releases are fully identical (the list of changes can be found in the RHEL 9.1 announcement).
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