Red Hat has just announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, a new OS that comes with GNOME 3.28 running in Wayland as the default desktop environment.
The new version also includes a utility creationimages to create custom images of the distribution.
The announcement states:
Based on Fedora 28 and the upstream kernel 4.18, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 will provide users with a stable, secure background in hybrid cloud, as well as the tools needed to support traditional and emerging jobs.
Highlights of the new release: Distribution Content is available through BaseOS and Application Stream (AppStream) repositories.
AppStream repository supports a new one extension του παραδοσιακού format RPM – έτσι ώστε να είναι διαθέσιμες για εγκατάσταση πολλές βασικές εκδόσεις κάποιου πακέτου. Το YUM package manager βασίζεται πλέον στην τεχνολογία DNF και παρέχει υποστήριξη για αρθρωτό content (modular content), which provides increased performance and a well-designed stable API for integration into tools.
More details can be found at release notes of the company. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 can be downloaded through customer portal of Red Hat (registration required).
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