Presented at Red Hat Summit 2019 a new version of the RHEL distribution based on Fedora 28. This release is the last in the line, created without the direct participation of the owner of Red Hat - IBM.
Among the distinctive innovations:
- Wayland is now the default protocol for the GNOME desktop.
- Application Streams is a system for delivering different versions of software (in the form of modules and rpm packages).
- YUMv4 - a new version of the package manager is now based on DNF technologies and supports working with modular software.
- Support for LUKS2 encryption by default Anaconda installer.
- Cryptographic rules are applied by default. Support for TLS 1.2 and 1.3, IKEv2, SSH2 protocols is available.
- nftables is now shipped by default instead of iptables.
- Added firewall configuration page to Cockpit (web interface for server administration).
Distribution page: https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8
Download the evaluation ISO: https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux/try-it
Source: linux.org.ru