Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86-64, Power ISA, ARM64, and IBM Z and a desktop version for x86-64. All of Red Hat's official support and training, together with the Red Hat Certification Program, focuses on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux GNOME Shell, the default desktop on RHEL 8 |
| Developer | Red Hat, Inc. |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
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| Working state | Current |
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| Source model | Open source |
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| Initial release | February 22, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-02-22)[1] |
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| Latest release | | 8: | 8.5 / November 9, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-11-09) |
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| 7: | 7.9 / September 29, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-09-29) |
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| Latest preview | 9.0 Beta / November 3, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-11-03)[2] |
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| Marketing target | Commercial market (servers, mainframes, supercomputers, workstations) |
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| Available in | Multilingual |
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| Update method | Software Updater |
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| Package manager | - RPM (package format)
- Yum, DNF[3] (command-line front-ends)
- yumex, dnfdragora, GNOME Software (graphical front-ends)
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| Platforms | x86-64; ARM64; IBM Z; IBM Power Systems[4] |
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| Kernel type | Linux |
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| Userland | GNU |
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Default
user interface | GNOME Shell |
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| License | Various free software licenses, plus proprietary binary blobs[5] |
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| Preceded by | Red Hat Linux |
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| Official website | www.redhat.com/rhel |
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