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From: Software Release Team
Subject: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Release Effort Underway Announcement
Good Afternoon,
We are pleased to announce that the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 release effort is moving forward at full speed now that we have a signed agreement with Red Hat. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 is Red Hat's premier, enterprise grade version of the Linux operating system. It is the successor of Red Hat
Linux 9, which the vendor stopped supporting on April 30, 2004. We are working to release Red Hat Enterprise 3.0 to the MIT Community as quickly as possible.
This release marks the first IS&T release effort for the Linux operating system.
Notable Features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 include:
-Native Posix Thread Library:
A new high-performance multi-threading capability provides improved performance for multi-threaded applications
-Based on Linux 2.4.21 kernel:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux uses the latest stable Linux kernel with numerous additions from the Linux 2.5/2.6 kernels.
-Enhanced security:
Includes several new security features.
-Improved compiler/tools:
Includes GCC 3.2 and debugging/profiling tools.
-Enhanced networking:
Includes numerous features to improve stability & performance.
For a complete list of new features, please reference the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3.0 release notes: http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/notes/ or the product overview: http://www.redhat.com/whitepapers/rhel/INS0002US_RHEL_collateral.pdf or visit the Red Hat Enterprise Linux site:
http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Release Team will send updates throughout the process. For more information on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and the release effort, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 release notebook at
http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/rhe.
If you have questions, suggestions, or would like to participate in the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, please contact the team via email at rhe-release@mit.edu.
All the Best,
Bill Cattey
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Product Release Coordinator
Software Release Team
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
