Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Not to be confused with Red Hat Linux.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86-64, Power ISA, ARM64, and IBM Z and a desktop version for x86-64. All of Red Hat's official support and training, together with the Red Hat Certification Program, focuses on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

GNOME Shell, the default desktop on RHEL 8
Developer	Red Hat, Inc.
OS family	Unix-like
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Initial release	February 22, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-02-22)[1]
Latest release	8: 8.5 / November 9, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-11-09) 7: 7.9 / September 29, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-09-29)
Latest preview	9.0 Beta / November 3, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-11-03)[2]
Marketing target	Commercial market (servers, mainframes, supercomputers, workstations)
Available in	Multilingual
Update method	Software Updater
Package manager	RPM (package format) Yum, DNF[3] (command-line front-ends) yumex, dnfdragora, GNOME Software (graphical front-ends)
Platforms	x86-64; ARM64; IBM Z; IBM Power Systems[4]
Kernel type	Linux
Userland	GNU
Default user interface	GNOME Shell
License	Various free software licenses, plus proprietary binary blobs[5]
Preceded by	Red Hat Linux
Official website	www.redhat.com/rhel

Related pages

• Red Hat

References

1. "Red Hat Enterprise Edition Product Line Optimizes Solutions for Top e-Business Applications" (Press release). Red Hat. February 22, 2000. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
2. Gil Cattelain; Joe Brockmeier (2021-11-03). "What's new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta". Red Hat. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
3. Scott Matteson (2019-03-30). "What's new with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat Virtualization". TechRepublic. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. "8.0 Release Notes - Chapter 2. Architectures". Red Hat Customer Portal. Red Hat. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
5. "Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems". the Free Software Foundation. Retrieved March 13, 2011.

Further reading

• Jang, Michael H. (2007). RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (RHEL 5). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-226454-8.
• Ghori, Asghar (2009). Red Hat Certified Technician & Engineer (RHEL 5). Reston: Global Village Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61584-430-2.
• Fox, Tammy (2007). Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed. Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams. ISBN 978-0-672-32892-3. OCLC 137291425.
• McCarty, Bill (2004). Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly. ISBN 978-0-596-00589-4. OCLC 55130915.
• Negus, Christopher (2008). Fedora 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible. Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-37362-0. OCLC 222155845.
• Sobell, Mark G. (2008). Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-714295-8. OCLC 216616647.
• Collings, Terry (2005). Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 For Dummies. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-7645-7713-0. OCLC 58973830.
• Petersen, Richard (2005). Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora Core 4: The Complete Reference. London: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-226154-7. OCLC 62293551.
• Red Hat Developer Toolset
• Red Hat Software Collections

Other websites

• Official website
• Brian Stevens, CTO and vice president of engineering, Red Hat on why Red Hat Enterprise Linux is "The Business OS for Flexibility and Value" Archived 2008-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux at DistroWatch