Oracle Linux 10 with GNOME Desktop

Azure Operating Systems

Oracle Linux 10 with the GNOME desktop, reached over RDP: no default password, remote desktop switched off until you turn it on, and a per VM RDP credential generated at first boot.

Base

Hardened build

minimal ports, security patches applied at build time

Access

Unique credentials

generated on first boot, readable only by root

Verified

Boots working

services pass a health gate before release

Support

24/7, 365 days

by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Oracle Linux 10 with GNOME Desktop is Oracle Linux 10, Oracle's enterprise distribution, binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, with the distribution's own desktop added: the AppStream environment group that Oracle calls Server with GUI. Oracle publishes the binaries, updates and errata at no cost and permits redistribution, so there are no licence fees and no subscription is required; a paid Oracle Linux Support subscription is optional. GNOME Remote Desktop is set up for remote login, so you connect with any RDP client, the GNOME login screen appears, and you sign in to a full desktop session running on the virtual machine, with Files, the Ptyxis terminal, Firefox, Text Editor, Calculator, Software and System Monitor ready to use.

The image ships both kernels Oracle provides: the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel, which boots by default, and the Red Hat compatible kernel. Like every Oracle Linux image on Azure, this image uses an LVM root layout, with the root filesystem on a logical volume inside the volume group rootvg. Remote access is first party: the RDP server is GNOME Remote Desktop from Oracle's own AppStream repository, so nothing outside the distribution is added to reach the desktop.

It suits cloud workstations for enterprise Linux development and graphical administration, engineering and data tools that should run close to your cloud resources, training labs that need a RHEL compatible desktop, and a secure jump desktop reached only through an SSH tunnel. The session is Wayland, because RHEL 10 removed the Xorg server; Xwayland runs X applications as normal. Oracle Linux 10 reached general availability in June 2025, with Premier Support to 2030 and Extended Support to 2035, and anything else you need installs with dnf.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg builds the desktop so that a new machine exposes nothing but SSH. Remote desktop ships switched off, the rpcbind portmapper that the stock Oracle Linux cloud image leaves listening on port 111 is switched off too, no account has a password, and the RDP server cannot be enabled until you have set your own. At first boot each machine generates its own RDP credential and its own TLS certificate, readable by root only, so nothing is shared between machines or baked into the image. A single helper command shows the remote desktop state, turns it on and off, and prints this machine's credential, and it is placed where sudo can actually find it. firewalld stays active, as it is on every cloudimg Oracle Linux image, with the stale allowance for a console the image does not ship removed so the advertised firewall surface matches reality. SELinux stays in enforcing mode, SSH stays key only even after you set a desktop password, every available update is applied at build time, and dnf-automatic is armed, all backed by 24/7 support.

Common uses

Cloud workstations with a full GNOME desktop on an enterprise Linux compatible with RHEL
Graphical administration, engineering and data tools running close to your cloud resources
Training labs and secure jump desktops reached only through an SSH tunnel

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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Overview

Why the cloudimg image

Common uses

See it running

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