Red Hat has released the first public beta of its
forthcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, featuring scalability,
clustering and security enhancements.
Red Hat first aimed for the enterprise with its mid-2002 Red Hat
Linux Advanced Server release. The company later rebranded that
product as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and built a portfolio around
it, which now includes its high-end Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS,
midrange Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES and desktop Red Hat Enterprise
Linux WS.
All three are now on version 2.1, and will be moved
simultaneously to version 3 later this year. Red Hat Enterprise
Linux AS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS are included in the beta
released this week.
The beta is the first Red Hat Enterprise Linux release to
include the Eclipse developer environment, an open-source
integration platform. Other features include updated desktop
applications, security and networking upgrades and enhancements,
and a graphical cluster configuration tool.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Beta 1 is intended for testing in
non-production environments. The software is available for download
on Red Hat's FTP (File Transfer Protocol) site at
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/taroon/.
Stacey Cowley writes for IDG News Service