So, if you are planning for large-scale deployment you can download the Oracle Linux for free and opt for a Support subscription.CentOS developer Johnny Hughes announced today the general availability of the CentOS Linux 7.9 distribution, based on the source code of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 operating system. And you only pay for the support which you may require. The pacemaker cluster resource manager is updated to 1.1.23 with more bug fixes and improvements. SCSI T10 DIF/DIX is fully supported on hardware that has been qualified by the vendor, provided that the vendor also fully supports the particular host bus adapter (HBA) and storage array configuration. Along with more security, this RDP version is more compatible with the Microsoft Windows terminal server version.

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) version bumped up in this release from 2.0.0 to 2.1.1. With the Linux Kernel 5.4, you get enhanced support for Arm platform on the security and virtualization aspects.

UEK Release 6 is based on mainline Linux Kernel 5.4 which provides more innovation than other commercial Linux kernel available today. On the deployment side, your application does not require any re-certification with Oracle Linux 7 Update 9 with UEK 6 as they are already certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. This release brings the latest “open source innovations and business-critical performance and security optimizations for cloud and on-premises deployment”. The Oracle Linux Update 9 is based upon Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.9 and the popular Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 6 as the default kernel.

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