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Red Hat Releases Enterprise Linux 5

Posted by Zonk on from the everyone-show-off-your-new-hat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Red Hat has a new release out for Enterprise Linux, reports Ars Technica. Along with several anticipated new features, Enterprise Linux 5 marks the rollout of the RedHat Exchange (RHX), which will be a source for commercial third-party software applications. 'RHX will allow consumers to buy software support services for third-party open-source technologies like MySQL database software and SugarCRM customer management systems directly from Red Hat ... Linux vendor Novell, which recently partnered with Microsoft to provide stronger Windows interoperability, is already carving out a growing portion of the enterprise Linux market. Red Hat also has to contend with proprietary database vendor Oracle, who now offers commercial Linux support for Red Hat users.'"

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  1. wow by mastershake_phd · · Score: 4, Funny

    A new release already, seems like just yesterday they released one.

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  2. I'm so bored by HomelessInLaJolla · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have plenty of free time today to finally try RedHat. Please contact me to negotiate an appropriate laptop.

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