Download Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

The Red Hat development team today released the fifth version of its commercial distribution Enterprise Linux made available. Originally, the 5 Series was slated for a February 28 release after being delayed earlier. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 – or RHEL5 for short – ships with Linux kernel 2.6.18 and improvements in hardware support, networking and security. One of the major pillars of the new Enterprise Linux is the support of hardware and software virtualization through Xen. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 can be purchased at this page and comes with the release notes below:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, released in March 2007, contains more than 1200 components with development spanning over a two year period, so there are a huge number of new features covering a broad range of functionality. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 provides CIOs and IT managers with the means to reduce costs while improving operational flexibility throughout their computing infrastructure.[break]