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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Desktop · Linux, Unix-like · Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

2000 v10:10.2 / May 20, 2026; 12 days ago (2026-05-20)9:9.8 / May 20, 2026; 12 days ago (2026-05-20)8:8.10 / May 22, 2024; 2 years ago (2024-05-22)7:7.9 / September 29, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09-29) free software, binary blobs Active

Operating system entry sourced from Wikipedia: Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Key specifications

Family
Linux, Unix-like
Type
Desktop
Kernel
Monolithic, Linux
Version
10:10.2 / May 20, 2026; 12 days ago (2026-05-20)9:9.8 / May 20, 2026; 12 days ago (2026-05-20)8:8.10 / May 22, 2024; 2 years ago (2024-05-22)7:7.9 / September 29, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09-29)
License
free software, binary blobs
Released
2000

general

Available in Multilingual
Defaultuser interface GNOME Shell, Bash
Developer Red Hat, Inc.
Initial release February 22, 2000; 26 years ago (2000-02-22)
Kernel type Monolithic, Linux
Latest preview 10 Beta / November 14, 2024; 18 months ago (2024-11-14)
Latest release 10:10.2 / May 20, 2026; 12 days ago (2026-05-20)9:9.8 / May 20, 2026; 12 days ago (2026-05-20)8:8.10 / May 22, 2024; 2 years ago (2024-05-22)7:7.9 / September 29, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09-29)
License free software, binary blobs
Marketing target Commercial, servers, mainframes
Official website redhat.com/rhel/
OS family Linux, Unix-like
Package manager RPM
Preceded by Red Hat Linux
Repository gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/rpms
Source model Open source
Supported platforms x86-64, x86-64-v3, ARM64
Update method DNF
Userland GNU
Working state Current

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Performance profile

Catalog-derived scores for comparison — not benchmark results.

Security 86
Performance 42
Compatibility 52
Ecosystem 76
Modern support 83
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