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RedHat Main Version Changes
— Jochen Schnürle 2024/07/10 11:22
| Whats new in RHEL 7 | |
|---|---|
| Kernel | 3.10.x (Maipo) |
| Init System | systemd (previous System V) + Unit files |
| Default file system | XFS, BTRFS deprecated |
| Firewall | iptables |
| Virtualization | Docker |
| RPM 4.11 | |
| Python 2.7.x | |
| PHP 5.4 | |
| Perl 5.x | |
| Whats new in RHEL 8 | |
|---|---|
| Kernel | 4.18.x (Ootpa) |
| Volume managing | Stratis |
| Network | NetworkManager |
| Firewall | nftables |
| Packaging | DNF (compatibility for YUM) |
| Groups | nfsnobody deprecated (⇒ nobody) |
| Virtualization | Podman |
| MySQL 8 / MariaDB 10.3 | |
| PostgreSQL 10 or 9.6 | |
| Cockpit default install | |
| RPM 4.14 | |
| Python 3.x | |
| PHP 7.2 | |
| Perl | |
| Whats new in RHEL 9 | |
|---|---|
| Firewall | nftables |
| Security | SHA-1 for signatures restricted in DEFAULT crypto policy except for HMAC SHA-1 not allowed in TLS, DTLS, SSH, IKEv2, DNSSEC, and Kerberos protocols |