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Why Oracle advises CentOS users to go to Oracle Linux and provides assistive tools, this article describes in detail the corresponding analysis and solutions to this question, hoping to help more partners who want to solve this problem to find a simpler and easier way.

As CentOS 8 was announced last week to advance EOL, and the focus of the CentOS project will shift to the rolling update release CentOS Stream, it is particularly important for CentOS users seeking stability to find an alternative to CentOS.

Although they were officially advised to move from CentOS to CentOS Stream, it was clear that many people did not accept the proposal, otherwise the reaction would not have been so intense. The founder of CentOS, who heard the news, moved quickly to announce the creation of a new project, Rocky Linux, aimed at continuing CentOS. Even though Rocky Linux is still in a very early stage, it has two halos: "community-driven" and "founder", so it doesn't hinder public expectations, and the growing number of star in its GitHub repo speaks for itself.

However, Rocky Linux has not really "landed" yet, and for CentOS users, this is a solution to look forward to, not an option that can be adopted immediately. So many users mentioned Debian, Ubuntu and other popular server Linux distributions.

However, Oracle Linux, which is also derived from RHEL, is rarely mentioned. In fact, in order to attract the attention of CentOS users, Oracle quickly provided scripts to migrate from CentOS to Oracle Linux on GitHub last week (to switch CentOS 8, 7, and 6 to Oracle Linux), and also set up a special website to CentOS users "Amway" Oracle Linux, claiming that Oracle Linux is a better alternative than CentOS.

Oracle believes that if you are looking for a stable, RHEL-compatible alternative to CentOS, Oracle Linux is an option worth considering for several reasons:

Free download, use and distribution have been supported for 14 years.

Compatible with CentOS and with enhanced functionality

Designed for all x86 and ARM architecture Devic

The enhancement here means that Oracle Linux provides two kernel versions:

Red Hat compatible kernel (Red Hat Compatible Kernel, RHCK): compatible with RHEL

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK): based on the Linux kernel and with Oracle's enhancements to OLTP, InfiniBand, SSD hard disk access, etc.

Whether running on UEK or RHCK, Oracle Linux is fully compatible with RHEL.

In addition, Oracle Linux thinks that what makes it better than CentOS is that it tracks RHEL in a more timely manner and has a faster release speed than CentOS:

Oracle said it also has an advantage over CentOS in terms of technical support, because CentOS, as a community-driven product, does not provide technical support, and users can get commercial support for using Oracle Linux for a small fee (cheaper than RHEL), and they are also running enterprise-class Linux distributions.

This is the answer to the question about why Oracle suggested CentOS users to go to Oracle Linux and provided assistive tools. I hope the above content can be of some help to you. If you still have a lot of doubts to be solved, you can follow the industry information channel for more related knowledge.

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