Oracle company released Oracle Enterprise Linux 7 version. OEL7 has new features. You can install OEL7 like below.
Installation OEL7
You have to configure settings that are Language, network, time, disk partitions, software features.
News Facts
- This release builds on Oracle’s approach to providing support for emerging technologies, such as OpenStack, while delivering the latest Linux innovations, tools, and features customers and partners need to deliver enterprise-grade solutions for the modern data center.
Oracle Linux 7 features include XFS, Btrfs, Linux Containers (LXC), DTrace, Ksplice, Xen enhancements, and the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3.- Available for download from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, Oracle Linux 7 is free to download and distribute. All bug fixes and security errata are published to Oracle’s public yum servers, allowing customers to install the same code across all their deployments, with or without a subscription, and creating a simple migration path from free to paid. No reinstalls are required.
- Oracle Linux is a general-purpose operating system designed to run any Linux application and provides an ideal platform for third-party solutions, giving partners and customers the freedom to choose the solution they need to meet their business objectives.
Oracle Linux provides the performance and reliability to support business-critical workloads such as Oracle Database 12c and is used by all the x86-based Oracle engineered systems.- More than 12,000 customers have selected Oracle Linux Support, which offers low-cost enterprise-class support with 24/7 access in 145 countries worldwide, premier backports, additional management tools, cluster software, indemnification, and more.
- Oracle Linux is the only Linux distribution that provides production support for zero-downtime updates with Ksplice. Ksplice allows customers to keep their systems secure by providing updates without the need to reboot and has been providing updates for production systems for more than seven years, delivering more than 1 million patches. It is also used to provide diagnostics on production servers, with debug kernels that can be applied and removed without restart. Ksplice is included with all Oracle Linux Premier Support subscriptions.
- Oracle Linux 7 provides a 10-year production lifecycle; those with Oracle Linux Support subscriptions receive lifetime support as well. Customers using the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 also have access to features such as Btrfs, DTrace, and Linux Containers (LXC) across multiple major releases (Oracle Linux 6.4 and later), allowing them time to plan their upgrade.
Source : Oracle Offical Documents