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Installing Oracle Linux 9 on ARM

Posted on July 18, 2022 by admin — No Comments ↓

I have been talking a bit about ARM these days, with many customers looking at ARM on OCI for the application tier. These customers have already learned that ARM is not that different from x86 when running Oracle Linux. The Continue reading Installing Oracle Linux 9 on ARM→

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Oracle and Free, who would have thought? #JoelKallmanDay

Posted on October 11, 2021 by admin — 2 Comments ↓

While thinking about what to write for the annual Oracle Community Day, I learned that it was being renamed to Joel Kallman Day,in honor of Joe who was the the head of APEX development before his untimely passing.  This got Continue reading Oracle and Free, who would have thought? #JoelKallmanDay→

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Oracle Linux Automation Manager- An Introduction and Installation

Posted on September 6, 2021 by admin — 1 Comment ↓

If you are not familiar with Oracle Linux, this may be the technology included with the distro that makes you pay attention to Oracle’s Free and Open Source Linux distro. Oracle Linux has been around since 2006, and is a Continue reading Oracle Linux Automation Manager- An Introduction and Installation→

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A Secure Install for Oracle Linux

Posted on April 6, 2021 by admin — No Comments ↓

  Recently in the news, we have seen reports of computer systems being hacked, often due to insecure settings. One of the easiest ways to secure your Operating System, is when you install it. The Anaconda installer used by Oracle Continue reading A Secure Install for Oracle Linux→

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Storage Performance Part 3: UEK vs a standard kernel

Posted on February 17, 2021 by admin — No Comments ↓

This post is a bit off the original plan, mainly due to timing. Short version on the timing, my Dell 7750 notebook (The one with a Xeon processor, 128G ram, and NVME storage…) had to get replaced. Dell was good Continue reading Storage Performance Part 3: UEK vs a standard kernel→

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Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 2 U3 vs U3 Cards, they are all no equal

Posted on February 16, 2021 by admin

In the previous post in this short series, I shared a benchmark between MicroSD card and a USB Drive. In this review we look at two different MicroSD cards, both with a U3 rating.   The U3 rated card was Continue reading Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 2 U3 vs U3 Cards, they are all no equal→

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Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 1 USB vs SD Card

Posted on February 15, 2021 by admin — No Comments ↓

Recently I saw some discussion about storage performance on Raspberry PIs, with the focus being on performance between the MicroSD card vs. USB performance for the storage. This short series of BLOGs will compare several performance options for the Raspberry, Continue reading Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 1 USB vs SD Card→

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Centos and the bomb that IBM Red Hat dropped

Posted on December 11, 2020 by admin — 5 Comments ↓

If you know me, you likely know where this is headed. But before we get there, lets chat a little bit about the bomb that IBM RedHat dropped on the Linux community the other day. As soon as the news Continue reading Centos and the bomb that IBM Red Hat dropped→

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Install Oracle Linux 8 on a Raspberry Pi

Posted on November 14, 2020 by admin — 5 Comments ↓

First, lets chat about Oracle Linux on ARM! Having a single Enterprise Operating System on all Linux systems has several advantages, like using the same tools across all servers and access to the same commercial support for your systems. The Continue reading Install Oracle Linux 8 on a Raspberry Pi→

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New OCI Video is up

Posted on August 4, 2020 by admin — No Comments ↓

I did this video for work, but it is a good review on some of the advantages of OCI, and I think it’s worth the few minutes to watch.

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