Announcing the general availability of Oracle Linux 7.2

By Michele Casey on Nov 25, 2015

We're happy to announce the general availability of Oracle Linux 7 Update 2, the second update release for Oracle Linux 7. You can find the individual RPM packages on the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) and the Oracle Linux Yum Server and ISO installation images are available for download from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.

Oracle Linux 7 Update 2 ships with the following kernel packages:

• Red Hat Compatible Kernel (kernel-3.10.0-327.el7) for x86-64
• Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 3 (kernel-uek-3.8.13-98.7.1.el7uek) for x86-64

By default, both the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and the Red Hat Compatible Kernel are installed and the system boots the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel.
Notable features in this release include:

• The, makedumpfile can now use sadump format for kernel dumps of more than 16 TB of physical memory
• During non-graphical installations, kdump can now be configured at the time of install
• MySQL 5.6 Community Edition can now be installed directly with the Anaconda installer or kickstart
• OpenSCAP has been upgraded to version 1.2.5
• Administrators may now configure kdump during non-graphical installations

For more details on these and other new features and changes in Oracle Linux 7 Update 2, please consult the release notes in the Oracle Linux Product Documentation Library.

Oracle Linux can be downloaded, used and distributed free of charge and all updates and errata are freely available. For support, you decide which of your systems require a support subscription.  This makes Oracle Linux an ideal choice for your development, testing and production systems.  You decide which support coverage is the best for each of your systems individually, while keeping all of your systems up-to-date and secure.  For customers with Oracle Linux Premier Support, you also receive access to zero-downtime kernel updates using Oracle Ksplice and support for Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux.

 For more information about Oracle Linux, please visit www.oracle.com/linux.