Installation and Boot

The following features, enhancements, and changes related to installation and boot are introduced in this Oracle Linux 10 release.

Image Builder Disk Images Have Predictable Network Interface Names

The net.ifnames=0 is removed from kernel arguments. All systems now use predictable network interface names. Disk images created with image builder also have predictable network interface names. For older versions, remove the kernel argument after the first boot and then reboot the system.

New Users Made Administrators by Default in the Installer

When you create a new user in the installer, they are given the Add administrative privileges to this user account privilege automatically. If you don't want the user to have these privileges, remove the option during setup.

NVMe Over Fabrics Devices Available in Installer

Add NVMe over Fabrics devices to Oracle Linux 10 installation. You can select these devices under the NVMe over Fabrics devices while adding disks on the Installation Destination screen.

Remote Desktop Protocol Replaces Virtual Network Computing

Remote desktop protocol (RDP) replaces virtual network computing (VNC) as the protocol for graphical remote access. It provides secure sessions with encrypted connections and enforced password length restrictions. inst.vnc, inst.vncpassword, and inst.vncconnect kernel boot options are replaced by inst.rdp, inst.rdp.password, and inst.rdp.username.

Enhanced Kickstart Provides Encrypted DNS Configuration

You can use the installer to add CA certificates in the Kickstart file using the %certificate section. This allows encrypted DNS to work immediately after installation by including certificates in Base64 format and importing them with the --dir and --filename options, helping meet Zero Trust requirements.

Disk Images Can Have Consistent Default Locale and Timezone

In earlier versions, Oracle Linux disk images had varying default locale and timezone settings. Now, all Oracle Linux disk images can use consistent defaults: the locale is set to C.UTF-8 and the timezone to UTC.

grub2 Released at Version 2.12

The grub2 package in Oracle Linux 10 is released at version 2.12.

The following notable features and changes are included:

  • Dynamic GRUB runtime memory addition using firmware calls.

  • GRUB 2 can be configured to output to a serial console, including those using PCI and MMIO UARTs.

  • VLAN support.

  • TPM driver fixes.

  • File system fixes.

  • CVE fixes.

  • Debugging improvements.

  • Tests improvements.

  • Documentation improvements.