Oracle has announced the general availability of Oracle Linux 7 Update 8.
Announcing the release of Oracle Linux 7 Update 8
Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Oracle Linux 7 Update 8. Individual RPM packages are available on the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) and the Oracle Linux yum server. ISO installation images will soon be available for download from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud and Docker images are available via Oracle Container Registry and Docker Hub.
Oracle Linux 7 Update 8 ships with the following kernel packages, which include bug fixes, security fixes and enhancements:
- Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 5 for x86-64 and aarch64
- kernel-uek-4.14.35-1902.300.11.el7uek
- Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) for x86-64 only
- kernel-3.10.0-1127.el7
Notable new features for all architectures
- Oracle Linux 7 Update 8 ISO includes latest Unbreakable Kernel Release 5 Update 3
- "Unbreakable Kernel Release 6" available by Oracle Linux 7 Yum channel
- SELinux enhancements for Tomcat domain access and graphical login sessions
- rsyslog has a new option for managing letter-case preservation by using the FROMHOST property for the imudp and imtcp modules
- Pacemaker concurrent-fencing cluster property defaults to true, speeding up recovery in a large cluster where multiple nodes are fenced
Further information are available in the Release Notes for Oracle Linux 7 Update 8.
Announcing the release of Oracle Linux 7 Update 8
