Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.9 marks the end of 4.x

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SMK
Sean Michael Kerner
Feb 18, 2011

[ Thanks to SMK for this link.
]

“From the ‘Nahant’ files:

“After 6 plus years of service, Red Hat is moving its Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL 4) into a bug and security fix maintenance
phase. The move follows the release of RHEL 4.9 which is the last
update of RHEL 4.x that will include new features and hardware
support.

“According to Red Hat, RHEL 4.9 included 200 updates including
an update version of SystemTap.”


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