Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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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.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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GNOME Shell, the default desktop on RHEL 8
DeveloperRed Hat, Inc.
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseFebruary 22, 2000; 26 years ago (2000-02-22)[1]
Latest release
8:8.5 / November 9, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-11-09)
7:7.9 / September 29, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09-29)
Latest preview9.0 Beta / November 3, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-11-03)[2]
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Marketing targetCommercial market (servers, mainframes, supercomputers, workstations)
Available inMultilingual
Update methodSoftware Updater
Package manager
Platformsx86-64; ARM64; IBM Z; IBM Power Systems[4]
Kernel typeLinux
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface
GNOME Shell
LicenseVarious free software licenses, plus proprietary binary blobs[5]
Preceded byRed Hat Linux
Official websitewww.redhat.com/rhel

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