Beta testing of Oracle Linux 8 has begun

Oracle Company announced about the start of testing the beta version of the distribution OracleLinux 8, created on the basis of the package database Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. The assembly is supplied by default based on the standard package with the kernel from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (based on kernel 4.18). The proprietary Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel is not yet offered.

For loading prepared by installation iso-image, 4.7 GB in size, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures (aarch64). For Oracle Linux also open unlimited and free access to the yum repository with binary updates of packages with bug fixes (errata) and security issues.

Beta releases of Oracle Linux 8 and RHEL 8 are identical in functionality. New features such as replacing iptables with nftables, the modular AppStream repository, and switching to the DNF package manager instead of YUM can be found at review RHEL 8.

Source: opennet.ru