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Red Hat Enterprise Linux


Last Update: 2024-06-07 20:56 UTC


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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 • 2024-11-13: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5
 • 2024-05-27: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10
 • 2024-05-02: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4
 • 2023-11-14: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3
 • 2023-05-11: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2
 • 2022-11-17: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1
 • 2022-11-13: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7
 • 2022-05-18: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0
 • 2022-05-11: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6
 • 2021-11-11: Distribution Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5
 • 2021-11-03: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta
 • 2021-10-06: Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Beta
 • More Red Hat releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2024-07-09 Red Hat seeks to replace GRUB with a Linux-based boot loader
 • 2024-05-07 Red Hat launches AI development platform based on RHEL
 • 2024-04-26 Red Hat extends RHEL support by up to four years
 • 2024-03-21 Red Hat plans new NVIDIA open source driver
 • 2024-02-22 Red Hat testing x86-64-v3 for performance optimizations
 • 2023-11-28 Red Hat plans to drop X.Org packages for RHEL 10
 • 2023-07-03 Red Hat extends life for RHEL 7
 • 2023-06-21 Red Hat streamlines source code access
 • 2023-06-02 Red Hat phasing out LibreOffice packages
 • 2022-01-19 Red Hat provides live kernel patching through Web Console
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Feature RHEL-9.4 RHEL-8.10 RHEL-7.9 RHEL-6.9 RHEL-5.11 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 2024-05-01 2024-05-20 2020-09-18 2017-03-21 2014-09-16 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
End Of Life 2032 2029 2028-06 2020-11 2017-03                                 End Of Life
Price (US$) Pricing Pricing Pricing Pricing 80 - 2,500 180 - 2,500 180 - 2,500 1500 40 40 60 60 40                 Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 800-10300 800-11000 600-4300                                     Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO (30-day eval) ISO (30-day eval) ISO (30-day eval) ISO (30-day eval) ISO (30-day eval) SRPM SRPM SRPM 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 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 GNOME GNOME GNOME         Default Desktop
Package Management Flatpak, RPM Flatpak, RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM RPM Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o OO.o OO.o KOffice KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice KOffice KOffice -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture arm64, IBM Z, ppc64, x86_64 arm64, IBM Z, ppc64, x86_64 s390x, ppc64, x86_64 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
Init Software systemd systemd systemd Upstart SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems xfs xfs xfs 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 Yes Yes Yes         Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes 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
Full Package List rhel-9.4 rhel-8.10 rhel-7.9 rhel-6.9   rhel-4.8 rhel-3.9 rhel-2.1 9 8.0 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.2 Full Package List
Package RHEL-9.4 RHEL-8.10 RHEL-7.9 RHEL-6.9 RHEL-5.11 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 (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.7.14 1.0.4 1.0.2 0.99.5 -- 0.7.13 0.7.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.10 1.2.10 1.1.8 1.1.0 1.0.17 1.0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.13)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.1.8 4.4.20 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 (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.3) 9.16.23 9.16.23 9.11.4 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 (9.20.3)
chromium (131.0.6778.85) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (131.0.6778.85)
cups (2.4.11) 2.3.3 2.2.6 1.6.3 1.4.2 1.3.7 1.1.22rc1 1.1.17 -- 1.1.17 1.1.15 1.1.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.2 4.3.6 4.2.5 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 (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.46.5 1.45.6 1.42.9 1.41.12 1.39 1.35 1.32 1.23 1.32 1.27 1.27 1.23 1.19 1.18 1.18 1.15 1.14 1.12 1.10 1.10 1.10 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (133.0) 115.9.1 115.9.1 68.10.0 45.7.0 24.7.0 3.0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- firefox (133.0)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.8 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 (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) 11.4.1 8.5.0 4.8.5 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 (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) 2.99.8 2.8.22 2.8.22 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 (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.34 2.28 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 (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.2) 40.10 3.32.2 3.28.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (47.2)
gnucash (5.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.6.2 1.8.1 1.6.6 1.6.6 1.6.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.9)
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.67 1.0.12 1.0.9 1.0.5 0.67 0.61 0.54 0.48 0.35 0.23 -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.02 2.02 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.93 0.90 0.93 0.92 0.91 0.90 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.7) 4.12.3 3.22.30 3.22.26 2.24.23 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 (4.16.7)
httpd (2.4.62) 2.4.57 2.4.37 2.4.6 2.2.15 2.2.3 2.0.52 2.0.46 -- 2.0.40 2.0.40 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.4) 1.1.1 0.92.3 0.92.2 0.47 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.08.3) -- -- -- 1.0.5 -- 0.11.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (24.08.3)
kmod (33) 28 25 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (33)
krita (5.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.6)
LibreOffice (24.8.3) 7.1.8 6.4.7 5.3.6 4.3.7 3.1.1 1.1.5 1.1.2 -- 1.0.2 1.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (24.8.3)
linux (6.12.1) 5.14 4.18 3.10 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 (6.12.1)
Package RHEL-9.4 RHEL-8.10 RHEL-7.9 RHEL-6.9 RHEL-5.11 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
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.5.2) 10.11.6 10.5.22 5.5.68 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.5.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.3.0) 23.3.3 23.1.4 18.3.4 11.0.7 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mesa (24.3.0)
mysql (9.1.0) 8.0.36 8.0.36 -- 5.1.73 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 (9.1.0)
nautilus (47.0) 40.2 3.28.1 3.26.3.1 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 (47.0)
NVIDIA (560.35.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (560.35.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.1) 21.0.2.0.13 17.0.4.1.1 8u161 8u121 1.6.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (23.0.1)
openssh (9.9p1) 8.7p1 8.0p1 7.4p1 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 (9.9p1)
openssl (3.4.0) 3.0.7 1.1.1k 1.0.2k 1.0.1e 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 (3.4.0)
perl (5.40.0) 5.32.1 5.32.1 5.16.3 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 (5.40.0)
php (8.4.1) 8.2.13 8.2.13 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 (8.4.1)
plasma-desktop (6.2.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.2.4)
postfix (3.9.0) 3.5.9 3.5.8 2.10.1 2.6.6 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.0.11 -- 1.1.11 1.1.11 1.1.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.9.0)
postgresql (17.2) 16.1 16.1 9.2.24 8.4.20 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 (17.2)
Python (3.13.0) 3.12.1 3.12.1 3.6.8 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 (3.13.0)
qt (6.8.1) 5.15.9 5.15.3 5.9.7 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 (6.8.1)
samba (4.21.2) 4.19.4 4.19.4 4.10.16 3.6.23 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 (4.21.2)
systemd (256.9) 252 239 219 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (256.9)
thunderbird (133.0) 115.9.0 115.9.0 -- -- -- 1.5.0.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (133.0)
vim (9.1) 8.2 8.0 7.4 7.4 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 (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.14) 1.20.11 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.17.4 1.1.1 (6.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.14)

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Version: RHEL-9.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-08-03
Votes: 3


Red Hat Enterprise Linux is rock solid. People often say it's old. It's not. It's stable. On the desktop, many apps as provided by the default Red Hat repositories may be too old for your liking, but it's not a problem. I replace all the desktop stuff with flatpaks anyway. This is the industry standard, and now that there's a free subsciption option for individuals, why not?

Sometimes Red Hat the company makes controversial decisions like making it harder to create clones, but I don't want a clone. I want RHEL :-)


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Version: RHEL-9.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-12-30
Votes: 0


Fedora which is RHEL's upstream distro is often hailed as one of the best distros to run on personal computers, but my biggest gripe with fedora is its philosophy to propagate FOSS only software.

There are many applications which aren't available on fedora because of its FOSS only policy. Mongodb comes to my mind to name a few. Overall, RHEL has been a pretty stable, reliable and convenient distro with support to a plethora of applications and i do hope Red Hat strives to keep it that way.

Good job Red Hat.


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Version: RHEL-9.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-11-13
Votes: 0


I have extensive past experience of using CentOS 7 + 8 as a development workstation so when looking for a distro to use on my home laptop RHEL 9 became a contender. I am using the free developers license so I have access to updates from Redhat.

RHEL is perfect for my requirements. A rock solid GNOME desktop not too far behind the upstream. The default repos are light on packages but can be supplemented with EPEL, RPM Fusion, Flathub and (did I mention I was a developer?) the occasional package compiled from source.

Not to everyone's taste but I cannot see why I should not keep using this distro for a good long time.


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