Building off the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL 10.0) just over one month ago, Oracle today announced the general availability of Oracle Linux 10.0.
Oracle Linux 10 is now in GA for those wanting to use this downstream flavor of RHEL 10. Oracle Linux 10 is available for Intel/AMD x86_64 and 64-bit ARM (AArch64) servers and workstations.
Besides re-basing against the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 base, Oracle Linux 10 also offers up UEK 8.1 as the newest iteration of their Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel as an alternative to the Red Hat Compatible Kernel offering. Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8 Update 1 is derived from Linux 6.12 LTS while adding in further security hardening, select device drivers have been pulled in from Linux 6.15 stable such as some Broadcom storage drivers, and other kernel configuration modifications. RHEL 10 is itself based on Linux 6.12 too while with time further Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel releases will end up moving to newer upstream kernel versions and further differentiating from the Red Hat Compatible Kernel option.
Oracle Linux 10 also supports Oracle’s Ksplice as a live-patching option for this enterprise Linux downstream.
Oracle Linux 10 maintains 100% application binary compatibility against Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and continues to be part of the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA).
Downloads and more details on today’s Oracle Linux 10 GA release via the Oracle Linux blog. The Oracle Linux 10 GA release follows the likes of AlmaLinux 10.0 and Rocky Linux 10.0 that have also hit GA milestones in recent weeks.
