Red Hat Launches Enterprise Linux 5

Redhat today launched much awaited version of their next release of Enterprise Linux, RHEL 5. This version had been under development since last 2 years and with lot of ideas and inputs from its users, the new release features some of the much needed technologies for making our lives more easy. This release included 1200 components which were developed in last two years and here is a quick run down of some of its features:

• RHEL 5 is based on the Linux 2.6.18 kernel
• Virtualization is provided in all Server products and also available on client products.
• Virtualization management tools such as virt-manager, libvirt/virsh are included in this release.
• Multi-core processors and broader range of hardware is now supported.
• Supports Intel Network Accelerator Technology (I/OAT).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS is now known as Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform.

How well the current release is received by the industry is for time to tell and I hope the virtualization feature is easy to implement. I think it’s time for me to consider upgrading my current RHCE certification from RHEL 4 to RHEL 5.