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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server editions for x86, x86_64, Itanium, PowerPC and IBM System z architectures, and desktop editions for x86 and x86_64 processors. All of Red Hat's official support and training and the Red Hat Certification Program centres around the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform. Red Hat uses strict trademark rules to restrict free re-distribution of its officially supported versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but still freely provides its source code. Third-party derivatives can be built and redistributed by stripping away non-free components.



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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases, download links and checksums:
 • 2018-04-26: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Beta
 • 2018-04-10: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
 • 2018-01-24: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Beta
 • 2017-08-02: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
 • 2017-05-23: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Beta
 • 2017-03-21: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
 • 2017-01-05: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Beta
 • 2016-11-03: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
 • 2016-08-25: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Beta
 • 2016-05-10: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8
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 •2017-08-02 Red Hat updates RHEL 7
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  • 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 "kde-workspace" and "plasma-desktop" packages 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-7.5 RHEL-6.9 RHEL-5.11
Release Date 2018-04-04 2017-03-21 2014-09-16
End Of Life 2024-06 2020-11 2017-03
Price (US$) Pricing Pricing 80 - 2,500
Image Size (MB)      
Free Download ISO (30-day eval) ISO (30-day eval) ISO (30-day eval)
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME
Package Management RPM RPM RPM
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o
Processor Architecture s390x, ppc64, x86_64 i386, s390x, ppc64, x86_64 i386, ia64, ppc, x86_64
Init Software systemd Upstart SysV
Journaled File Systems xfs ext4 ext3
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes
Full Package List rhel-7.5 rhel-6.9  
abiword (3.0.2) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.1.6) 1.1.4.1 1.1.0 1.0.17
ati-driver (16.40) -- -- --
bash (4.4.18) 4.2 4.1 3.2
bind (9.13.1) 9.9.4 9.8.2rc1 9.3.6-P1
chromium (67.0.3396.87) -- -- --
cups (2.2.8) 1.6.3 1.4.2 1.3.7
dhcp (4.4.1) 4.2.5 4.1.1-P1 3.0.5
e2fsprogs (1.44.2) 1.42.9 1.41.12 1.39
firefox (60.0.2) 52.7.0 45.7.0 24.7.0
freetype (2.9.1) 2.4.11 2.3.11 2.2.1
gcc (8.1.0) 4.8.5 4.4.7 4.1.2
gimp (2.10.2) 2.8.22 2.6.9 2.2.13
glibc (2.27) 2.17 2.12 2.5
gnome-shell (3.28.2) 3.26.2 -- --
gnucash (3.1-1) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.41) -- -- --
grub (2.02) 2.02beta 0.97 0.97
gtk+ (3.22.30) 3.22.26 2.24.23 2.10.4
httpd (2.4.33) 2.4.6 2.2.15 2.2.3
inkscape (0.92.3) 0.92.2 0.47 --
k3b (18.04.2) -- 1.0.5 --
kmod (25) 20 -- --
krita (4.0.4) -- -- --
libreoffice (6.0.4) 5.3.6 4.3.7 3.1.1
linux (4.17.1) 3.10 2.6.32 2.6.18
lxpanel (0.9.3) -- -- --
mariadb (10.3.7) 5.5.56 -- --
mate-desktop (1.20.3) -- -- --
mesa (18.1.2) 17.2.3 11.0.7 6.5.1
mysql (8.0.11) -- 5.1.73 5.0.95
nautilus (3.28.1) 3.22.3 2.28.4 2.16.2
NVIDIA (396.24) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- --
openjdk (10.0.1) 8u161 8u121 1.6.0
openssh (7.7p1) 7.4p1 5.3p1 4.3p2
openssl (1.1.0h) 1.0.2k 1.0.1e 0.9.8e
perl (5.26.2) 5.16.3 5.10.1 5.8.8
php (7.2.6) 5.4.16 5.3.3 5.1.6
plasma-desktop (5.13.0) -- -- --
postfix (3.3.1) 2.10.1 2.6.6 2.3.3
postgresql (10.4) 9.2.23 8.4.20 8.1.23
Python (3.6.5) 2.7.5 2.6.6 2.4.3
qt (5.11.0) 4.8.7 4.6.2 3.3.6
samba (4.8.2) 4.7.1 3.6.23 3.0.33
systemd (238) 219 -- --
thunderbird (52.8.0) -- -- --
vim (8.1) 7.4 7.4 7.0
vlc (3.0.3) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.12.4) -- -- --
xorg-server (1.20.0) 1.19.5 1.17.4 1.1.1

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Version: RHEL-7.4
Rating: 7
Date: 2017-12-25
Votes: 15


This is an acceptable operating system if an application you require supports Redhat and nothing else. If that is not the case there are better options available with SLES being my top pick.

Pros:
Stable
Secure
Good base package selection
Supported by most third party applications.

Cons:
Overpriced. Especially when compared to SLES or Ubuntu Enterprise both of with are superior to Redhat.

Redhat is too greedy. If you have an issue and try to look for help you actually have to login to their site because they are so greedy they require logging in to see solutions to a problem.

They put almost no effort into customizing the OS to look nice and be usable from the default configuration which requires editing profiles, and configuration files for a lot of minor things that most distributions do for you. An example of this is the lack of a colored PS1 prompt even for root.

By default host entry is added to /etc/hosts. NetworkManager is enabled by default and it wants to put the FQDN into /etc/hostname because it is too stupid to know that hostname should not return the same results as hostname -f. So adding a host entry is another thing that must be done which you should not have to do.

Another thing I hat is the unnecessary packages that get installed by default. For example, since when did most servers start needing wireless drivers installed?


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Version: RHEL-6.9
Rating: 5
Date: 2017-09-04
Votes: 8


Although Red Hat's commitment to providing long-term security support for packages is extremely commendable, the real world unfortunately moves somewhat faster, and this often results in many packages becoming increasingly stale over the lifespan of a Red Hat major version, and, in particular, making it difficult to install many popular web packages (somewhat ironic for a distro marketed as a more secure distro for servers). It is often necessary to scour the internet looking for third-party repositories to install newer versions of key packages, when instead, it should really be for Red Hat to make newer versions available as optional installations for those who need newer (not necessarily the newest) versions.

My personal choice would be for Debian or Ubuntu LTS instead, which combine both reasonable long-term support with the easy availability of newer software.


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Version: RHEL-7.4
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-08-31
Votes: 5


solid distro for production environments. Stable, stable and stable again as well as secure. Support is very good. Knowledge base is actively maintained. My OS of choice where clients demand high uptime and with demanding SLAs!!


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