Beta testing of Oracle Linux 8 has begun

Oracle Corporation announced announced the start of beta testing for the distribution Oracle Linux 8, based on the package base Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. The build is provided by default based on the standard package with a kernel from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (based on kernel 4.18). The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel is not yet offered.

For download prepared an installation ISO image, sized 4.7 GB, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. For Oracle Linux, it also is open provides unlimited and free access to the yum repository with binary package updates for bug fixes (errata) and security issues.

In terms of functionality, the beta releases of Oracle Linux 8 and RHEL 8 are fully identical. New features, such as the replacement of iptables with nftables, the modular AppStream repository, and the transition to the DNF package manager instead of YUM, can be explored in the overview of RHEL 8.

Source: opennet.ru