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A few weeks ago Laurent Schneider messaged me to say Oracle Database 26ai (23.26.2) was supported on Oracle Linux 10 (OL10). That started the usual series of test builds. Basic Installations I already had an installation article for 26ai on OL10, but I updated it, including using the new preinstall package which is now in …

Oracle released VirtualBox 7.2.16 was released yesterday. The downloads and changelog are in the usual places. I’ve done installations on Windows 11 and Linux Mint and both seem fine. Vagrant If you are into Vagrant you can find my builds here. https://github.com/oraclebase/vagrant You can see the list of Vagrant boxes I build and use here. https://portal.cloud.hashicorp.com/...

My last post was a rant about Oracle Support. As a result of that some folks from Oracle reached out for a meeting to discuss my experience. This was not about the specific SR, but my general experience of using Oracle Support as a customer. In this post I’ll discuss some of the information that …

If you follow me you know I have a history of moaning about Oracle Support. I have had some good experiences in the past, but overall I would have to judge the services as a complete fail. Website Since the migration of the main Oracle Support website, the user experience has been terrible. A lot …