Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, first released in 2007, is no longer the leading edge of Red Hat’s Linux efforts. Red Hat has been updating RHEL 5 regularly as part of the operating system’s 10-year supported lifespan. RHEL 5.9 was released in January.
“Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production Phase 2 where stability for mission-critical deployments is paramount,” Ron Pacheco, senior manager, platform product management at Red Hat, told eWEEK