Miracle Linux

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MIRACLE LINUX
MIRACLE LINUX8.png
Developer Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd.
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Latest release
  • 9 [1] (1 November 2022;17 months ago (2022-11-01)) [±]
  • 8.6 [2] (1 November 2022;17 months ago (2022-11-01)) [±]
Package manager RPM
Platforms IA-32, x86_64
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux kernel)
License GPL and EULA
Official website

MIRACLE LINUX is a Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based commercial Linux distribution in Japan, developed and supported by Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd. MIRACLE LINUX 8.4 is a CentOS 8 compatible distribution.

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Overview

MIRACLE LINUX Corporation, later merged with Cybertrust Japan in 2017, was established in June 2000 by Oracle Corporation Japan and Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. Originally developed and marketed a Linux distribution for enterprises market that optimized for Oracle Database application.

In December 2003, Miracle Linux (Japan) and Red Flag (China) started a multibyte language-supported Linux distribution project named “Asianux”. Since then MIRACLE LINUX had been developed in the Asianux project for more than 10 years. After The Asianux project was disbanded in September 2015, MIRACLE LINUX had been developed in Japan by Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd.  "Asianux" remains part of the MIRACLE LINUX product name.

MIRACLE LINUX is widely used in industrial equipment where long-term supported OS is required. According to a survey by Mick Economic Research Institute in October 2020, MIRACLE LINUX has a 57% market share of the pre-installed Linux distribution of industrial PCs.

Responding to the discontinuation of CentOS Linux announced in December 2020, license fee is changed to free from MIRACLE LINUX 8.4 released in October 2021. [3]

Release history

DateNameCode Namekernel versionBase OS
2000-09-29Miracle Linux Standard Edition Version1.0N/A2.2.16-3TurboLinux Server JP 6.1
2001-05-25Miracle Linux Standard Edition Version2.0Styrax2.4.2-2Red Hat Linux 7.1
2002-07-29MIRACLE LINUX Standard Edition V2.12.4.9-31.22mlRHEL 2.1 Update 2
2004-06-11MIRACLE LINUX V3.0 - Asianux InsideKoumei2.4.21-9.30AXRHEL 3
2005-03-17MIRACLE LINUX V3.0 - Asianux Inside SP12.4.21-20.19AXRHEL 3 Update 3
2006-02-24MIRACLE LINUX V3.0 - Asianux Inside SP22.4.21-37.18AXRHEL 3 Update 6
2006-12-12MIRACLE LINUX V3.0 - Asianux Inside SP32.4.21-47.22AXRHEL 3 Update 8
2007-09-18MIRACLE LINUX V4.0 - Asianux InsideTrinity2.6.9-11.19AXRHEL4 Update 1
2006-07-12MIRACLE LINUX V4.0 - Asianux Inside SP12.6.9-34.21AXRHEL4 Update 3
2007-03-02MIRACLE LINUX V4.0 - Asianux Inside SP22.6.9-42.7AXRHEL4 Update 4
2009-01-30MIRACLE LINUX V4.0 - Asianux Inside SP32.6.9-78.8AXS2RHEL4 Update 7
2010-01-20MIRACLE LINUX V4.0 - Asianux Inside SP42.6.9-89.5AXS2RHEL4 Update 8
2007-09-18Asianux Server 3 == MIRACLE LINUX V5Quartet2.6.18-8.10AXX
2008-10-07Asianux Server 3 == MIRACLE LINUX V5 SP12.6.18-53.11AXX
2009-09-07Asianux Server 3 == MIRACLE LINUX V5 SP22.6.18-128.7AXS3X
2010-07-06Asianux Server 3 == MIRACLE LINUX V5 SP32.6.18-194.1.AXS3X
2011-09-02Asianux Server 3 == MIRACLE LINUX V5 SP42.6.18-238.2.AXS3X
2012-01-17Asianux Server 4 == MIRACLE LINUX V6 SP1Hiranya2.6.32-131.12.1.el6X
2012-12-13Asianux Server 4 == MIRACLE LINUX V6 SP22.6.32-279.2.1.el6X
2014-01-30Asianux Server 4 == MIRACLE LINUX V6 SP32.6.32-358.14.1.el6X
2014-10-02Asianux Server 4 == MIRACLE LINUX V6 SP42.6.32-431.20.3.el6X
2015-09-16Asianux Server 4 == MIRACLE LINUX V6 SP52.6.32-696.1.1.el6X
2016-07-21Asianux Server 4 == MIRACLE LINUX V6 SP62.6.32-642.el6X
2017-05-26Asianux Server 4 == MIRACLE LINUX V6 SP72.6.32-696.1.1.el6X
2015-10-27Asianux Server 7 == MIRACLE LINUX V7Lotus3.10.0-229.4.2.el7X
2016-02-18Asianux Server 7 == MIRACLE LINUX V7 SP13.10.0-327.3.1.el7X
2017-10-24Asianux Server 7 == MIRACLE LINUX V7 SP23.10.0-693.2.2.el7X
2019-03-07Asianux Server 7 == MIRACLE LINUX V7 SP33.10.0-957.1.3.el7X
2020-08-04Asianux Server 7 == MIRACLE LINUX V7 SP43.10.0-1127.8.2.el7X
2021-04-26Asianux Server 7 == MIRACLE LINUX V7 SP53.10.0-1160.15.2.el7X
2020-03-19MIRACLE LINUX 8 Asianux InsidePeony4.18.0-147.5.1.el8X
2021-10-04MIRACLE LINUX 8.44.18.0-305.el8X
2020-03-19MIRACLE LINUX 8 Asianux InsidePeony4.18.0-147.5.1.el8X
2021-10-04MIRACLE LINUX 8.44.18.0-305.el8X
2022-11-01MIRACLE LINUX 8.64.18.0-372.el8X
2022-11-01MIRACLE LINUX 9Feige5.14.0-70.el9X

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References

  1. ↑ "MIRACLE LINUX 9 リリースノート — MIRACLE LINUX サポート&テクノロジー | サイバートラスト株式会社" (in Japanese). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "MIRACLE LINUX 8.6 リリースノート — MIRACLE LINUX サポート&テクノロジー | サイバートラスト株式会社" (in Japanese). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "CentOS 8 とバイナリ互換を維持した最新の Linux OS を 2021 年 10 月よりライセンスフリーで公開" [Latest CentOS 8 binary compatible Linux OS will be publicly available from October 2021 without license fee] (Press release) (in Japanese). Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-11-05.