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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Last Update: Monday 4 March 2013 23:15 GMT


Red Hat is the leader in development, deployment, and management of Linux and open-source solutions for Internet infrastructure - ranging from embedded devices to secure web servers. The company was founded in 1994 by visionary entrepreneurs Bob Young and Marc Ewing. Open source is the foundation of its business model as it represents a fundamental shift in how software is created. The code that makes up the software is available to anyone and developers who use the software are free to improve it. The result: rapid innovation. Red Hat solutions combine Red Hat Linux, developer and embedded technologies, training, management services, technical support. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

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Recent Related News
 • 2013-02-21: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
 • 2013-01-08: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
 • 2012-12-04: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Beta
 • 2012-09-22: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Beta
 • 2012-06-21: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
 • 2012-04-24: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Beta

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Table Notes and Explanations
  • Select view: Major packages only (52) All tracked packages (214)
  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "kdelibs" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature RHEL-6.4 RHEL-5.9 RHEL-4.8 RHEL-3.9 RHEL-2.1 9
shrike
8.0
psyche
7.3
valhalla
7.2
enigma
7.1
seawolf
7.0
guiness
6.2
zoot
6.1
cartman
6.0
hedwig
5.2
apollo
5.1
manhattan
5.0
hurricane
4.2
biltmore
Feature
Release Date 2013/02/21 2013/01/08 2009/05/19 2007/05/30 2002/03/26 2003/03/31 2002/09/30 2002/05/06 2001/10/22 2001/04/16 2000/08/30 2000/03/08 1999/09/27 1999/04/19 1998/10/14 1998/05/11 1997/11/10 1997/04/23 Release Date
Price (US$) Pricing 80 - 2,500 180 - 2,500 180 - 2,500 1500 40 40 60 60 40                 Price (US$)
CDs 1 DVD 5 4 4   3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CDs
Free Download ISO (30-day eval) ISO (30-day eval) SRPMs SRPMS SRPMS ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Text Mode Text Mode Text Mode Text Mode Text Mode Installation
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME         Default Desktop
Package Management RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM Package Management
Office Suite -- -- OO.o OO.o KOffice KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice KOffice KOffice -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture i386, s390x, ppc64, x86_64 i386, ia64, ppc, x86_64 i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86-64 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386, IA64                   Processor Architecture
Journaled File Systems ext4 ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes         Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes cn, jp, kr, tw   cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw jp jp jp jp jp jp         Asian Language Support
Package RHEL-6.4 RHEL-5.9 RHEL-4.8 RHEL-3.9 RHEL-2.1 9
shrike
8.0
psyche
7.3
valhalla
7.2
enigma
7.1
seawolf
7.0
guiness
6.2
zoot
6.1
cartman
6.0
hedwig
5.2
apollo
5.1
manhattan
5.0
hurricane
4.2
biltmore
Package
abiword (2.8.6) -- -- -- -- 0.7.14 1.0.4 1.0.2 0.99.5 -- 0.7.13 0.7.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (2.8.6)
alsa-lib (1.0.27.1) 1.0.22 1.0.17 1.0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.0.27.1)
ati-driver (12.104) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ati-driver (12.104)
bash (4.2) 4.1 3.2 3.0 2.05b 2.05 2.05b 2.05b 2.05a 2.05 2.04 2.04 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 bash (4.2)
bind (9.9.3-P1) 9.8.2rc1 9.3.6-P1 9.2.4 9.2.4 9.1.3 9.2.1 9.2.1 9.2.0 9.1.3 9.1.0 8.2.2_P5 8.2.2_P5 8.2.1 8.2 8.1.2 4.9.6 4.9.6 4.9.5p1 bind (9.9.3-P1)
chromium (r197479) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (r197479)
cups (1.6.2) 1.4.2 1.3.7 1.1.22rc1 1.1.17 -- 1.1.17 1.1.15 1.1.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cups (1.6.2)
dhcp (4.2.5-P1) 4.1.1-P1 3.0.5 3.0.1 3.0.1 2.0pl5 3.0pl1 3.0pl1 2.0pl5 2.0pl5 2.0pl5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0b1pl6 2.0b1pl6 2.0b1pl0 -- -- dhcp (4.2.5-P1)
firefox (21.0) 17.0.3 10.0.11 3.0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- firefox (21.0)
freetype (2.4.12) 2.3.11 2.2.1 2.1.9 2.1.4 2.0.3 2.1.3 2.1.2 2.0.9 2.0.3 2.0.1 1.3.1 1.3.1 1.2 1.2 -- -- -- -- freetype (2.4.12)
gcc (4.8.1) 4.4.7 4.1.2 3.4.6 3.2.3 2.96 3.2.2 3.2 2.96 2.96 2.96 2.96 -- -- -- 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.1 gcc (4.8.1)
gimp (2.8.4) 2.6.9 2.2.13 2.0.5 1.2.3 1.2.1 1.2.3 1.2.3 1.2.3 1.2.1 1.2.1 1.1.25 1.0.4 1.0.4 1.0.4 1.0.1 0.99.28 0.99.12 -- gimp (2.8.4)
glibc (2.17) 2.12 2.5 2.3.4 2.3.2 2.2.4 2.3.2 2.2.93 2.2.5 2.2.4 2.2.2 2.1.92 2.1.3 2.1.2 2.1.1 2.0.7 2.0.7 2.0.5c -- glibc (2.17)
gnome-shell (3.8.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (3.8.3)
gnucash (2.4.13) -- -- -- -- 1.6.2 1.8.1 1.6.6 1.6.6 1.6.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (2.4.13)
gnumeric (1.12.2) -- -- -- -- 0.67 1.0.12 1.0.9 1.0.5 0.67 0.61 0.54 0.48 0.35 0.23 -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.2)
grub (2.00) 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.93 0.90 0.93 0.92 0.91 0.90 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.00)
gtk+ (3.8.2) 2.18.9 2.10.4 2.4.13 2.2.4 1.2.10 2.2.1 2.0.6 1.2.10 1.2.10 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.2.6 1.2.5 1.2.1 1.0.6 1.0.1 -- -- gtk+ (3.8.2)
httpd (2.4.4) 2.2.15 2.2.3 2.0.52 2.0.46 -- 2.0.40 2.0.40 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.4)
inkscape (0.48.4) 0.47 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (0.48.4)
k3b (2.0.2) 1.0.5 -- 0.11.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (2.0.2)
kdelibs (4.10.4) 4.3.4 3.5.4 3.3.1 3.1.3 2.2.2 3.1 3.0.3 3.0.0 2.2 2.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.2 1.1.2 1.1.1pre2 -- -- -- -- kdelibs (4.10.4)
kmod (13) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (13)
libgnome (2.32.1) 2.28.0 2.16.0 2.8.0 2.2.2 -- 2.2.0.1 2.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libgnome (2.32.1)
libreoffice (4.0.4) -- -- 1.1.5 1.1.2 -- 1.0.2 1.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libreoffice (4.0.4)
linux (3.9.6) 2.6.32 2.6.18 2.6.9 2.4.21 2.4.9 2.4.20 2.4.18 2.4.18 2.4.7 2.4.2 2.2.16 2.2.14 2.2.12 2.2.5 2.0.36 2.0.34 2.0.32 2.0.30 linux (3.9.6)
Package RHEL-6.4 RHEL-5.9 RHEL-4.8 RHEL-3.9 RHEL-2.1 9
shrike
8.0
psyche
7.3
valhalla
7.2
enigma
7.1
seawolf
7.0
guiness
6.2
zoot
6.1
cartman
6.0
hedwig
5.2
apollo
5.1
manhattan
5.0
hurricane
4.2
biltmore
Package
lxde-common (0.5.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxde-common (0.5.5)
mate-desktop (1.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.6.1)
MesaLib (9.1.3) 9.0 6.5.1 6.8.2 4.3.0 3.4.2 4.3.0 4.2.0 3.4.2 3.4 3.3 3.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- MesaLib (9.1.3)
mysql (5.6.12) 5.1.67 5.0.95 4.1.22 3.23.58 3.23.41 3.23.54a 3.23.52 3.23.49 3.23.41 3.23.36 3.23.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (5.6.12)
nautilus (3.8.2) 2.28.4 2.16.2 2.8.1 2.2.4 1.0.4 2.2.1 2.0.6 1.0.6 1.0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (3.8.2)
NVIDIA (319.23) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (319.23)
openbox (3.5.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.5.0)
openjdk (7u6) 1.6.0 1.6.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (7u6)
openssh (6.2p2) 5.3p1 4.3p2 3.9p1 3.6.1p2 2.9p2 3.5p1 3.4p1 3.1p1 2.9p2 2.5.2p2 2.1.1p4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openssh (6.2p2)
openssl (1.0.1e) 1.0.0 0.9.8e 0.9.7a 0.9.7a 0.9.6b 0.9.7a 0.9.6b 0.9.6b 0.9.6b 0.9.6 0.9.5a -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openssl (1.0.1e)
perl (5.18.0) 5.10.1 5.8.8 5.8.5 5.8.0 5.6.0 5.8.0 5.8.0 5.6.1 5.6.0 5.6.0 5.6.0 5.5.3 5.5.3 5.5.3 5.4.4 5.4.0 5.4.0 5.003 perl (5.18.0)
php (5.4.16) 5.3.3 5.1.6 4.3.9 4.3.2 4.0.6 4.2.2 4.2.2 4.1.2 4.0.6 4.0.4pl1 4.0.1pl2 3.0.15 3.0.12 -- -- -- -- -- php (5.4.16)
postfix (2.10.0) 2.6.6 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.0.11 -- 1.1.11 1.1.11 1.1.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (2.10.0)
postgresql (9.2.4) 8.4.13 8.1.23 7.4.19 7.3 7.1.3 7.3.2 7.2.2 7.2.1 7.1.3 7.0.3 7.0.2 6.5.3 6.5.2 6.4.2 6.3.2 6.3.2 6.2.1 -- postgresql (9.2.4)
Python (3.3.2) 2.6.6 2.4.3 2.3.4 2.2.3 1.5.2 2.2.2 2.2.1 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.1 1.5.1 1.5.1 1.4 1.4 Python (3.3.2)
qt (5.0.2) 4.6.2 3.3.6 3.3.3 3.1.2 2.3.1 3.1.1 3.0.5 3.0.3 2.3.1 2.3.0 2.2.0 2.1.0 2.0.1 1.44 -- -- -- -- qt (5.0.2)
samba (4.0.6) 3.6.9 3.0.33 3.0.33 3.0.9 2.2.1a 2.2.7a 2.2.5 2.2.3a 2.2.1a 2.0.7 2.0.7 2.0.6 2.0.5a 2.0.3 1.9.18p10 1.9.18p5 1.9.17p4 1.9.16p11 samba (4.0.6)
systemd (204) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (204)
thunderbird (17.0.6) -- -- 1.5.0.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (17.0.6)
udev (182) 147 095 039 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- udev (182)
vim (7.3) 7.2 7.0 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.8 6.0a 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.5 vim (7.3)
vlc (2.0.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (2.0.7)
xfdesktop (4.10.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.10.2)
xine-lib (1.2.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xine-lib (1.2.3)
xorg-server (1.14.1) 1.13.0 1.1.1 (6.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (1.14.1)
xz (5.0.4) 4.999.9 4.999.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xz (5.0.4)

Previous Red Hat releases:
4.1 (vanderbilt) - January 1997
4.0 (colgate) - October 1996
3.0.4 (rembrandt) - August 1996
3.0.3 (picasso) - March 1996
2.1 (--) - 1995
2.0 (--) - 1995
1.1 (mother's day) - 1995
1.0 (mother's day) - 1995


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