rhel
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.2 released
Although a minor release, version 5.2 brings enhancements mainly in 6 areas:
- Virtualization
- Laptop and Desktop improvements
- Encryption and Security
- Cluster & Storage Enhancements
- Networking & IPv6 Enablement
- Servicability
RedHat knows that such releases bring value to their subscription model, and they apparently work hard to bring quality.
RedHat opens public beta of cloud computing initiative
As announced earlier, Redhat opened the public beta of their cloud computing solution, powered by Amazon's EC2.
RHEL 5.1: with virtualisation
It was a very active day for Redhat, as they also announced the release of Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.1, which integrates virtualisation, with features such as live migration and save/restore of fully virtualised guests..
RHEL users: new repository with additional packages
EPEL, Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux, is available to Red Hat Enterprise Linux users. To quote the documentation, it "was started because many Fedora contributors wanted to use the Fedora packages they maintain on Red Hat Enterprise Linux". If you need a package not supported by RHEL, chances are that you'll now be able to find it in the EPEL repository.
