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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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Feature RHEL-10.0-beta RHEL-9.5 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 2024-12-11 2024-11-13 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 2035 2032 2029 2028-06 2020-11 2017-03                                 End Of Life
Price (US$) Pricing Pricing Pricing Pricing Pricing 80 - 2,500 180 - 2,500 180 - 2,500 1500 40 40 60 60 40                 Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 6600-6700 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) 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 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 GNOME         Default Desktop
Package Management Flatpak, RPM 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 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 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 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 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 Yes         Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes 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-10.0-beta rhel-9.5 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-10.0-beta RHEL-9.5 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 (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.7.14 1.0.4 1.0.2 0.99.5 -- 0.7.13 0.7.10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.6)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.12 1.2.12 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) 5.2.26 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 (9.20.7) 9.18.21 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 (9.20.7)
chromium (134.0.6998.165) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (134.0.6998.165)
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.10 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 (1.47.2) 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 (1.47.2)
firefox (136.0.3) -- 128.3.0 115.9.1 68.10.0 45.7.0 24.7.0 3.0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- firefox (136.0.3)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.2 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) 14.2.1 11.5.0 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 (3.0.2) -- 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 (3.0.2)
glibc (2.41) 2.39 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 (2.41)
gnome-shell (48.0) 47alpha4 40.10 3.32.2 3.28.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (48.0)
gnucash (5.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.6.2 1.8.1 1.6.6 1.6.6 1.6.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.10)
gnumeric (1.12.59) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.67 1.0.12 1.0.9 1.0.5 0.67 0.61 0.54 0.48 0.35 0.23 -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.59)
grub (2.12) 2.06 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 (4.18.2) 4.15.3 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 (4.18.2)
httpd (2.4.63) 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 (2.4.63)
inkscape (1.4) -- 1.1.1 0.92.3 0.92.2 0.47 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.12.3) -- -- -- -- 1.0.5 -- 0.11.14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (24.12.3)
kmod (34.1) 31 28 25 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.1)
krita (5.2.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.9)
LibreOffice (25.2.2) -- 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 (25.2.2)
linux (6.14) 6.11 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 (6.14)
Package RHEL-10.0-beta RHEL-9.5 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 (11.6.2) 10.11.9 10.11.6 10.5.22 5.5.68 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.6.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.0.2) 24.1.2 24.1.2 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 (25.0.2)
mysql (9.2.0) 8.4.2 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 (9.2.0)
nautilus (48.0) 46.2 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 (48.0)
NVIDIA (570.133.07) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (570.133.07)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (24) 21.0.4.0.7 21.0.4.0.7 17.0.4.1.1 8u161 8u121 1.6.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (24)
openssh (9.9p2) 9.8p1 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 (9.9p2)
openssl (3.4.1) 3.2.2 3.2.2 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 (3.4.1)
perl (5.40.1) 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 (5.40.1)
php (8.4.5) 8.3.10 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 (8.4.5)
plasma-desktop (6.3.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.3.3)
postfix (3.10.1) 3.8.5 3.5.25 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 (3.10.1)
postgresql (17.4) 16.4 16.4 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 (17.4)
Python (3.13.2) 3.12.5 3.12.5 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 (3.13.2)
qt (6.8.3) 6.7.1 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 (6.8.3)
samba (4.22.0) 4.20.2 4.20.2 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 (4.22.0)
systemd (257.4) 256 252 239 219 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (257.4)
thunderbird (136.0.1) -- 128.3.0 115.9.0 -- -- -- 1.5.0.12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (136.0.1)
vim (9.1) 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) 1.23.0 1.21.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.16) 24.1.1 1.20.11 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.17.4 1.1.1 (6.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.16)

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Version: RHEL-9.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-02-25
Votes: 0


Feel free to use RHEL on desktop. To be honest RHEL is build to use it on server. Why? You get a fixed version with a long support time, but included SW are also fixed in a version. You get only security updates within support time but no functional updates. That's the reason for "rock stable distro".
For desktop I use Fedora (also RedHat based).There you get new functions and so on and in summary it is also very stable, may be not "rock stable", but completely sufficient for desktop.


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Version: RHEL-9.5
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-02-02
Votes: 0


I use it on my home desktop pc and laptop. Has most of what I need for getting online with firefox and libre office for basic office. I feel it's a more secure setup than most other offerings and it's made in USA.
I found some things that are missing but they can be found in EPEL or RPM fusion and flatpaks.
Works great for me I'm retired.
It's also free with the redhat developer account for up to 16 machines.
I tried oracle linux and had sleep power problems.
I tried almalinux and most things worked ok but I found rhel worked better for my system.


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Version: RHEL-10.0-beta
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-12-25
Votes: 2


Why this version of RHEL didn't come with a browser?? I've had to install the flatpak version of Firefox to get into Google.

This distro has a polished version gnome desktop environment anyways with a little Red Hat logo on the "Activities" button and a wallpaper indicating the version of it :)

For me, as a desktop user, I couldn't install any packages such as "htop" and "vim" unless I had to add the EPEL repo which includes all the packages I need in a typical distro. The same thing applies for its derivatives like Alma Linux and Rocky Linux.

I don't see why people are hating Red Hat Enterprise Linux while you can get a free developer subscription on their website, but I understand people don't want to create a Red Hat account :D


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