Oracle Linux 8.2 Released, It’s Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2

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Marius Nestor
May 10, 2020

Based and derived from the sources of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, Oracle Linux 8.2 is here powered by the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 (UEK R6) 5.4.17, which is accompanied by the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) 4.18.0. While the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6 is available for 64-bit (x86_64) Intel and AMD platforms and the ARM64 (AArch64) architecture, the Red Hat Compatible Kernel is only supported on 64-bit (x86_64) Intel and AMD platforms.

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