Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a distribution of the
Linux operating system developed for the business market. RHEL was formerly known as
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server.
RHEL 5 was made available in six versions:
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RHEL (formerly called ES, which was sometimes said to stand for economy or entry-level server)
- RHEL Advanced Platform (formerly called AS, which was sometimes said
- to stand for Advanced or Application Server)
- RHEL Desktop
- RHEL Desktop with Multi-OS option
- RHEL Desktop with Workstation and Multi-OS option
- RHEL Desktop with Workstation option (former WS)
Software in RHEL 5 distribution includes:
RHEL is based on free, open source code. Although Red Hat makes its source code available for download, verbatim copying of the distribution is forbidden.
This was last updated in September 2007
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The Red Hat Service Configuration tool is used to start a service that hasn't been started, or to make sure a service starts automatically at the moment your server boots.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes a graphical network management application called NetworkManager that can be used to set network connections instead of using the command line.
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Use the learn gnome-system-monitor command on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to monitor and manage processes on your server in a graphical environment.
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