Oracle also introduced Oracle OS Management Service, a highly available Oracle Cloud Infrastructure component to monitor and control systems, whether they run Autonomous Linux, Linux or Windows.

If you want install Oracle Linux on Oracle VirtualBox, you can follow this guide to download the VM tool, ISO file, and create the VM.

“Oracle Autonomous Linux lets us apply patches and do all the low-level mundane management for you on a running system,” he says. “We lock the machine for only a microsecond.

Although Oracle Linux is free to use on as many machines as you like (for as long as you like), you’ll have to pay for support. To find our more about support costs, visit the Oracle Support site.

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