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Key facts
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- 7.9 / September 29, 2020 ; 5 years ago ( 2020-09-29 )
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- 8.10 / May 22, 2024 ; 2 years ago ( 2024-05-22 )
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- 9.8 / May 20, 2026 ; 14 days ago ( 2026-05-20 )
- Developer
- Red Hat, Inc.
- Os family
- Linux ( Unix-like )
- Working state
- Current
- Source model
- Open source
- Initial release
- February 22, 2000 ; 26 years ago ( 2000-02-22 )
- Latest release
- 10: 10.2 / May 20, 2026 ; 14 days ago ( 2026-05-20 )
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Official website
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
A stable, high-performance Linux platform with built-in security and management features to help you run critical workloads anywhere in the hybrid cloud.
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Encyclopedic overview
Latest preview10 Beta / November 14, 2024 18 months ago (2024-11-14) Repositorygitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms Marketing targetCommercial market (servers, mainframes, supercomputers, workstations) Available inMultilingual Update methodDNF or bootc Package managerRPM Supported platformsx86-64 (x86-64-v3 for latest), ARM64, IBM Z, IBM Power Systems Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux) UserlandGNU Default user interfaceGNOME Shell, Bash LicenseVarious free software licenses, plus proprietary binary blobs Preceded byRed Hat Linux Official websiteredhat.com/rhel/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a commercial Linux distribution developed by Red Hat. 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. Fedora Linux and CentOS Stream serve as its upstream sources. 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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