On June 5, 2019, the beta version of the RHEL 7.7 distribution became available.
This is the last version of the 7 branch where new features will be available; however, due to the 10-year support period, RHEL 7x users will continue to receive updates and support for new hardware until 2024, but without new features.
- The major updates include support for the latest enterprise hardware and fixes for recently discovered vulnerabilities. ZombieLoad. Unfortunately, RHEL cannot address core Intel chip issues. This means your processors will operate slower on many tasks.
- Significant improvements to the network stack's performance. Virtual switching operations can now be offloaded to the network interface card (NIC) hardware. This means that if you're using virtual switching and network function virtualization (NFV), you'll see better network performance on cloud and container platforms such as the Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat OpenShift.
- Beta users of RHEL 7.7 will also gain access to a new product from Red Hat: Red Hat Insights. It uses a Software as a Service (SaaS) approach to predictive analytics to identify, assess, and mitigate potential problems in systems before they can cause issues.
- Support Red Hat Image Builder. This feature, which has just become available in RHEL 8, allows you to easily create custom RHEL system images for cloud platforms and virtualization platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), VMware vSphere, and OpenStack.
Source: linux.org.ru
