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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: An overview

Recently NewsForge had the chance to test out Red Hat's new version of its popular Enterprise Linux product, which Red Hat is officially unveiling today. The results were somewhat disappointing, as RHEL4 offers few compelling reasons for current RHEL3 customers to upgrade. For those considering new deployments, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 will be a more attractive option than its predecessor, but how will it fare against rival products from Novell, Sun Microsystems, and Mandrakesoft? Another RHEL 4.0 article can be found at LinuxPlanet.

Enterprise Unix Roundup: Picking at the Red Hat Lock-In

One of the minor ironies of the Linux world is the slight disconnect between the mantra of "choice" the most ardent advocates use to make the case for a multitude of graphical interfaces and the state of the North American enterprise Linux market, where a single distributor has dominated since the late '90s. That distributor is, of course, Red Hat, and while the numbers analysts produce about its share of the Linux market vary, they consistently hover above 75 percent. The company is so dominant that it's not uncommon to hear less savvy executives simply refer to the distro as "Linux," which infuriates many.

Red Hat Hit by Security Update Email Scam

An email purporting to be from Red Hat alerts users to download a patch that actually contains malicious code. Red Hat's Mark Cox notes that security notices from his company "are never sent unsolicited, are always sent from the address [email protected] and are digitally signed by GPG." This kind of ruse has been used many times in the past to try to fool Windows users.