> I'm especially curious to know about the default Yum repos config : > where does Oracle Linux have its repos and its updates ? Do I have to > subscribe to something to get them or are they free ? Well, I guess I'll > have to wait for my download to finish to get the answer. http://public-yum.oracle.com/ The yum repo is public but just contains the releases, no intermediate update packages. Those require an account on the ULN. See too http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/027617.pdf The ULN is used by up2date, not yum. https://linux.oracle.com/uln_faq.html > Cheers, > > Niki Alexander