InfoWorld: Red Hat readies Enterprise Linux update

InfoWorld: Red Hat readies Enterprise Linux update Infoworld is carrying a story about Red Hat's next upgrade, RHEL 4.0. This upgrade should roll out Feb 14. Maybe Red Hat is hoping for a Valentine's kiss this year!!

A couple things which will be important with this roll out will be the change in the way that the virtual memory system handles writing data to disk, Logical Volume Manager 2 which better integrates with the operating system and eliminates the 1T byte file system size limit with the current Red Hat version, the complete upgrade to the 2.6 kernel, and the improved "security enhancements derived from the U.S. National Security Agency's Security Enhanced Linux project, as well as improved device and power management capabilities."

Another thing to keep in mind is anyone who was certified under RHEL 2.0 will now have an obsolete certification and will have to be recertified. This time frame will be important for people to keep in mind when dealing with their certifications.

It looks like Red Hat is sticking to a 16 or 17 month release cycle for their Enterprise editions. RedHat Enterprise Edition 2.1 was released on May 6, 2002 and the RedHat Enterprise Edition 3.0 was released Oct 22, 2003.