Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced the next minor release of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9. This release marks the beginning
of Production Phase 2 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and demonstrates the
company's continuing effort to promote stability and the preservation of
customers' investments in the platform. It maintains Red Hat's
commitment to a 10-year lifecycle through the introduction of several
new features, including hardware enablement, security, standards and
certifications, developer tools, virtualization, and more.
As with all minor releases, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 maintains
backwards compatibility with hardware and software platforms across the
lifecycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Therefore, the hardware and
software compatibility included within previous releases of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 continues with this minor release. Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.9 also showcases numerous improvements, including:
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Support for Industry-Leading Hardware Vendors Through Enhanced
Hardware Enablement. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 showcases the
strong relationships Red Hat has with leading hardware vendors by
including support for some of the latest CPU, chipset and device
driver enhancements.
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Continued Commitment to Security, Standards and Certifications.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux has always been built with security in mind -
a commitment that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 helps solidify. This
update features tighter security controls, the ability to verify and
check the robustness of new passwords and support for the latest
government password policy requirements. It also adds support for
using Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) mode with dmraid
root devices. FIPS mode now supports RAID device discovery, RAID set
activation, and the creation, removal, rebuilding and displaying of
properties.
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New Developer Tools. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 includes
several new developer-friendly features and tools, including the
ability to develop and test with the latest version of open source
Java available through OpenJDK 7. Many new SystemTap improvements have
been added to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9, including compile-server
and client support for IPv6 networks, smaller SystemTap files, faster
compiles, and compile server support for multiple concurrent
connections.
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Enhanced Application Support. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
includes a new rsyslog5 package, which upgrades rsyslog to major
version 5 and is faster and more reliable than existing rsyslog
packages available in previous RHEL releases. Samba has also been
updated to version 3.6 with several new features, including SMB2
support, a reworked print server and security default improvements for
all versions.
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New Virtualization Capabilities and Flexibility in Multi-vendor
Environments. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 enhances the operating
system's usability in multi-vendor environments by introducing
Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for improved performance. This enhances the
usability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for guests in heterogenous,
multi-vendor virtualized environments and provides improved
flexibility and interoperability for enterprises.
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Better Subscription Management. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
uses Red Hat Subscription Management as the default, allowing
customers to effectively and more easily manage their Red Hat
Enterprise Linux subscriptions locally or with tools such as
Subscription Asset Manager which was enhanced to easily run reports on
subscription distribution and utilization and an improved user
interface. For more detail on how Red Hat customers can manage their
subscriptions, please visit the Subscription Management section of the Red
Hat Customer Portal.
"PayPros provides more than 55,000 businesses with advanced payment
processing solutions, so we need a system that is reliable, stable and
highly secure. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is that system," said Joe
Monteil, CIO, PayPros. "It has allowed us to continue to provide
uninterrupted, dependable service to our customers while reducing our
overall total cost of ownership. As a result, Red Hat is our platform of
choice as we build our product portfolio and provide innovative
solutions to our customers."
"Our goal with each version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is always to
provide a highly flexible and extendable platform that continues to grow
with the evolving needs of our customers, while allowing them to migrate
to the next major release in their own timeframe," said Jim Totton, vice
president and general manager, Red Hat's Platform Business Unit. "Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 is the perfect example of our commitment to
providing customers with an extensive product lifecycle, one that
strives to provide continued, unwavering support for today's
technologies and business needs."
Additional Resources
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To download Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 visit here
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For more information about Red Hat Enterprise Linux visit here
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For more information about the Red Hat Enterprise Linux lifecycle
visit here
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About Red Hat, Inc.
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solutions, taking a community-powered approach to reliable and
high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization
technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and
consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of
enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create
relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and
prepare customers for the future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.
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