Where Oracle Linux 9 and When Oracle Linux 9 to be released?

User_OITAU

RHEL 9 Has Been Released, CentOS Stream 9 Has Been Released, and Alma linux 9 Has been released. Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and Euro Linux...

User_24DQG

As to where Oracle Linux 9 will be, it will most likely be at: https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-isos.html

As for when, unknown.

user10174131

The upstream kernel removes support for many hardware devices and software features; getting these back is a painful exercise with El Repo when it is possible.

Oracle's UEKR7 is worth the wait; booting on the RHCK can make many things on a new or installed system go dark.

David Gilpin-Oracle

Our goal is to GA a "major" release within 3 months of the upstream release. The Oracle Linux operating environment includes items and features that are not included with the other Enterprise Linux distros mentioned... Some examples include: the UEK, Ksplice zero downtime updates, Dtrace, btrfs, Oracle Linux Virtualization, Oracle Linux Manager client, cloud images, and more. Integration and QA of these features takes time. Check the Oracle Linux Blog https://blogs.oracle.com/linux for Oracle Linux 9 announcements, coming soon!

philfry

https://community.oracle.com/tech/apps-infra/discussion/comment/16838118#Comment_16838118

I thought the x86-64-v2 issue was more a glibc thing than kernel related, and by re-integrating x86-64-v1 support Oracle would give up the binary compatibility, or am I mistaken?

user10174131

What I can tell you is that the original release of Oracle Linux 8 included only the RHCK. I tried to install it on an older Dell, but it would not see any storage as the upstream kernel had removed a large class of SAS RAID adapters.

I managed to find a driver from El Repo which would work with the installer. Some months later, the UEK finally arrived and it could see the storage behind the adapter that the RHCK had removed.

I have also seen network adapters stripped from the RHCK that reappear when the UEK is booted.

I'd prefer functional hardware, so for me the UEK is worth the wait.

David Gilpin-Oracle

See the Blog announcement: https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/announcing-oracle-linux-9-general-availability

Includes UEK R7, based on mainline 5.15.