Oracle and Canonical are in a rare partnership to support Oracle Linux on Ubuntu.
Canonical and Oracle are in bed to collaborate on offering support for Ubuntu on Oracle Linux and vice-versa via the OpenStack cloud computing platform. As explained by Canonical's John Zannos on the
Ubuntu Insights blog, "Canonical and Oracle are collaborating to offer customers support for both Ubuntu and Oracle Linux as fully supported guests on one another’s respective OpenStack offerings. As part of this collaboration, Canonical will support Ubuntu as a guest OS on Oracle Linux OpenStack, and Oracle will support Oracle Linux as a guest OS on Ubuntu OpenStack. Canonical will test Oracle Linux as a guest OS in its OpenStack Interoperability Lab (OIL) program. This gives customers the assurance the configuration is tested and supported by both organisations."
Meanwhile, Oracle
says, "It is important for us to provide choice and interoperability around OpenStack. Oracle and Canonical are committed to supplying interoperability by supporting Oracle Linux on Ubuntu OpenStack." Oracle Linux is their own built-from-source spin of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Oracle Linux also offers an "Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel" option as an alternative to the EL-compliant kernel.
