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.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux![Thumb](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/VirtualBox_RHEL_8_07_04_2021_21_22_14.png/300px-VirtualBox_RHEL_8_07_04_2021_21_22_14.png) GNOME Shell, the default desktop on RHEL 8 |
Developer | Red Hat, Inc. |
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OS family | Unix-like |
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Working state | Current |
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Source model | Open source |
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Initial release | February 22, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-02-22)[1] |
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Latest release | 8: | 8.5 / November 9, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-11-09) |
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7: | 7.9 / September 29, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-09-29) |
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Latest preview | 9.0 Beta / November 3, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-11-03)[2] |
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Marketing target | Commercial market (servers, mainframes, supercomputers, workstations) |
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Available in | Multilingual |
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Update method | Software Updater |
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Package manager | - RPM (package format)
- Yum, DNF[3] (command-line front-ends)
- yumex, dnfdragora, GNOME Software (graphical front-ends)
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Platforms | x86-64; ARM64; IBM Z; IBM Power Systems[4] |
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Kernel type | Linux |
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Userland | GNU |
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Default user interface | GNOME Shell |
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License | Various free software licenses, plus proprietary binary blobs[5] |
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Preceded by | Red Hat Linux |
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Official website | www.redhat.com/rhel |
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- 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.
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