Red Hat has announced the release of the second update for the series Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x, an enterprise-class Linux distribution with comprehensive support options.
Red Hat is an American multinational company that develops open source products for both personal and commercial use.
It is widely known for its funding in Fedora Project, an open source operating system, while its main commercial product is Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The company was founded in 1993 by Marc Ewing and is headquartered in Raleigh, South Carolina.
The new version, in addition to many improvements, also has an upgrade tool for RHEL 7.x users:
“Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 is available for λήψη. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 is the latest version according to the development plan of scheduled updates twice a year.
Highlights of the new version: improved user experience, optimized enrollment συνδρομής καθιστώντας τη διαδικασία εγκατάστασης εφικτή με μόνο ένα click. Απλοποιεί την παρακολούθηση με το Red Hat Insights, επιτρέποντας την activation during installation, improved lifecycle management.
Simplifies upgrades from RHEL 7.8 to RHEL 8.2 with on-site tool upgrades. Reduces the time and risk of upgrading the inplace with identification and recovery instructions to resolve potential issues.
Improved monitoring and performance, improvements in resource management for container-running processes with cgroup v2. ”
Read it announcement of the new version and detailed information from release notes for more information.
As always, Red Hat customers can download the new version from the company's customer portal, while new users can apply for download a 30 day trial version.
