Oracle Linux 8 – Get It? Got It? Good!
You finally made the choice to upgrade to the most secure and reliable free Linux distribution and now need to learn a few tricks. What’s next? How do you get started? It’s time to go back to the basics and answer the question How do you install Oracle Linux?
Back in the old days, installing a Linux distribution was a simple task; you simply ordered a CD-ROM, popped it into your computer, and booted from the disk. Simple… effective… and a pain for many system administrators. Who wants to order a CD-ROM, or for that matter, who even uses CD-ROMs or DVDs, or even Blu-ray disks, anymore? Do you even need media? Can’t you just boot from the network to install? To make it more complicated, what happens when you are in the cloud? Doesn’t the cloud do it all for you? What about the CPU type, such as Arm or x86? How can you automate things?
We also need to consider that there is more than just x86...