Red Hat gears RHEL for the long haul | Linux Today

Red Hat gears RHEL for the long haul

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Joab Jackson
Jun 10, 2014

Knowing how system administrators enjoy continuity, Red Hat has designed the latest release of its flagship Linux distribution to be run, with support, until 2024. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL 7), the completed version of which was shipped Tuesday, also features a number of new technologies that the company sees as instrumental for the next decade, including the Docker Linux Container system and the advanced XFS file system.

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