Red Hat Enterprise Linux – Release Notes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux – Release Notes

The ’sosreport‘ utility will collect some detailed information about the hardware and setup of your Red Hat Enterprise Linux System – the information is collected and an archive is packaged under /tmp

# lpr -P <printer> -o SecuredPassword=1234 <file>


The following Feature Distribution Map indicates the features that are present in each Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Version

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Release Candidate is ready for whatever infrastructure choices you make efficiently integrating with other operating environment authentication and Management systems. Whether your primary goal is to build network-intensive applications massively scalable data repositories or a build-once-deploy-often solution that performs well in physical virtual and cloud Environments


The Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle phases are designed to reduce the level of change within each major releasei over time and make release availability and content more predictable

Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports leap seconds – Knowledge Article 15145 – but Linux kernels versions before 2.6.29 have issues handling leap seconds to the point where it can cause a kernel panic

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 operating system with new and improved functionality for enhanced performance flexibility and security

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 provides additional capabilities to manage system resources
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 – the 7th update since 2007. As with every update Red Hat engineering has aggregated the bug fixes security patches and new features while maintaining hardware and application compatibility. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 also introduces new enterprise features including OpenSCAP security reporting cross platform development tools and Red Hats new Subscription Manager
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 is the operating system trusted by thousands of enterprises around the world to power their most mission-critical applications. Red Hat Enterprise Linux delivers performance, reliability, scalability, and security for its customers