Updated Sep. 8, 2009 at 8:57 a.m.
Red Hat rolls out latest Enterprise product; 'lot to like,' says reviewer
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RALEIGH, N.C. - Red Hat (NYSE: RHT)) is rolling out its latest Enterprise Linux product, and release 5.4. is a good value, writes Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols in Computerworld.
A veteran Red Hat Enterprise Linux and competitors CentOS and Oracle Unbreakable Linux, Vaughn says the new Red Hat release “is the most impressive of the lot.”
He cites five reasons:
- Baked-in virtualization.
- High-end processor support:
- Support for fast networks “when gigabit networking isn’t fast enough”
- Improved programming tools
- Desktop virtualization
For his full review, click here.
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