The beta of Oracle Database 11gR2 Express Edition is now available for download. For those who don’t know, Database XE is a free version of Oracle Database that runs on both Linux and Windows. At this time, the following platforms are supported:
Linux x86-64
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Windows 32-bit
- Microsoft Windows XP
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft Windows 7
No support for Mac OS X, Ubuntu, or 64-bit Windows. Interesting.
