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Not exactly the case: Ubuntu, Fedora and Debian are supported for free, and RHEL for a fee: Ksplice Uptrack is available for Oracle Linux, free of charge, for

• vertex-four 12y ago
  Thing is, while Oracle Linux is pretty much rebranded RHEL last time I checked, the KSplice commercial license won't let you use it with RHEL, and that won't be supported.
  • fragmede 12y ago
    It is, you just have to buy an Oracle Premier Support License for your machine(s) and switch them from Red Hat to Oracle Linux (which requires switching yum repos, removing some packages, and installing a few others), but does not require a reboot - which means you can keep using the official Red Hat kernel (until you do reboot). Disclaimer: I work there.
    • ryan-c 12y ago
      You forgot the part where you give Oracle your balls on a silver platter so they can hold them for you. We've all seen what Oracle likes to do with nice things.
    • deleted 12y ago
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  • dmourati 12y ago
    Fairly sure Oracle Linux was at least in its initial incarnation a rebranded CentOS, which itself is of course a rebranded RHEL.
• e40 12y ago
  That "pricing" page is strangely devoid of pricing information. EDIT: so, how much does it cost?
  • SoftwareMaven 12y ago
    For Ubuntu, Fedora and Debian, nothing. For Oracle Linux, you need an Oracle support contract. Those don't come with a standard price tag. Unfortunately, the website hasn't been fully updated since the acquisition, so there is some confusing verbiage. It's on my list (near the top, no less; sorry about the confusion).
    • e40 12y ago
      I'm interested in CentOS.