What is Oracle Linux uek?

Introducing UEK. The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) is a Linux kernel built by Oracle and supported via Oracle Linux support. UEK is well-tested and used to run Oracle’s Engineered Systems, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and large enterprise deployments for Oracle customers.

Can Oracle run on Linux?

Windows is also easier to administer than a Unix server, for the most part. Oracle Corp has spent a lot of money and effort on Oracle on Linux. Oracle on Linux has become fashionable lately. You can get a relatively inexpensive Intel platform to run your Linux OS and throw Oracle on there.