Tank OS, an open‑source project by Red Hat chief engineer Sally O'Malley, combines Fedora and OpenClaw into a bootable, root‑less container image, offering consistent, secure, and scalable management of enterprise AI agents through bootc technology.
This guide walks you through the hardware requirements, cost considerations, and step‑by‑step configuration of a simulated RDMA network using Soft‑RoCE on both Red Hat/CentOS and Ubuntu, including verification with ibv tools and performance testing.
This guide provides a comprehensive step‑by‑step checklist for hardening Red Hat Linux systems, covering shared account detection, redundant account lockout, root remote‑login restrictions, password complexity and lifespan policies, critical directory permissions, default umask settings, audit logging, remote log server configuration, history timestamping, SSH hardening, unnecessary service removal, Ctrl‑Alt‑Del disabling, and patch management.
This guide outlines fourteen essential security hardening steps for Red Hat Linux systems, covering shared account checks, password policies, SSH configuration, service disabling, log management, and patch installation to ensure a robust and compliant operating environment.
At the GNU 40th anniversary celebration in Biel, Switzerland, Richard Stallman disclosed his cancer treatment, criticized Red Hat's GPL practices, and argued that current generative AI systems like ChatGPT lack true understanding, warning of their misuse and emphasizing the need for ethical software licensing and youth engagement in free software.
Red Hat announced that it will stop maintaining the LibreOffice RPMS packages for future RHEL releases, labeling them as orphaned and encouraging users to adopt the Flatpak version while refocusing engineering effort on Wayland, HDR and related display improvements.
CentOS's end-of-life announcement has sparked significant discussion in China's tech community, with experts viewing it as a catalyst for domestic OS development despite short-term challenges.
This guide explains how to install and configure Red Hat OpenShift Local (CodeReady Containers) on a personal computer, covering prerequisites, download steps, cluster initialization, command‑line usage, common issues, and reference documentation for creating a single‑node OpenShift 4.x development environment.
Red Hat appointed Matt Hicks as its new president and CEO, highlighting his 25‑year Linux R&D background and pivotal role in expanding OpenShift‑based hybrid cloud, edge computing, AI, and multi‑cloud strategies that underpin the company’s recent IBM acquisition and industry partnerships.
This article explores the origins and impact of four foundational Linux distributions—Slackware, Debian, Red Hat, and Arch—detailing their histories, philosophies, and lasting contributions to the open‑source ecosystem, while highlighting why they remain essential pillars of modern Linux.
This article surveys the origins and impact of four foundational Linux distributions—Slackware, Debian, Red Hat, and Arch—detailing their histories, design philosophies, key milestones, and lasting contributions to the open‑source ecosystem.
Red Hat will discontinue free CentOS Linux at the end of 2023, moving CentOS 8 to end‑of‑life on December 31, while CentOS 7 receives support until June 30 2024, and users are urged to consider alternatives such as AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, or RHEL.
Red Hat announced the end of free CentOS Linux, detailing the 2023 EOL for CentOS 8, the shift to CentOS Stream, extended support for CentOS 7, and offering migration options such as AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and RHEL for enterprises seeking stable server platforms.
The article explains that CentOS Linux 8 reaches its end of life on December 31, 2021, details the shift to CentOS Stream, outlines the extended support timelines for CentOS 7, and lists alternative enterprise‑grade Linux distributions such as AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and others.
Red Hat confirmed that CentOS Linux 8 will reach its End of Life on December 31, 2021, shifting the CentOS project to the developer‑focused CentOS Stream platform and outlining support timelines, migration options, and alternative distributions for enterprise users.
RHEL 8.5, the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux release, brings extensive container, Kubernetes, Ansible system‑role, and performance‑monitoring improvements—including Podman image support, signed container images, rootless OverlayFS, enhanced Cockpit console, and new roles for VPN, Postfix, LVM VDO, and Microsoft SQL Server—making it ready for any platform.
The article explains how Red Hat's strategic move to replace CentOS Linux with the rolling‑release CentOS Stream has upset the community, outlines the background of RHEL, Fedora and CentOS, and introduces Rocky Linux as a community‑driven alternative for stable server deployments.
The article explains Red Hat’s decision to replace traditional CentOS Linux with the rolling‑release CentOS Stream, outlines the impact on stability and support timelines, examines community backlash, and introduces Rocky Linux as a potential community‑driven alternative for enterprise servers.
This article examines the four open‑source operating‑system business models defined by the Linux Foundation, using Red Hat as a primary example, and analyzes its financial performance, product ecosystem, cloud‑native offerings, and the broader industry trend toward open‑source adoption by major IT giants.
This guide explains how to install older Red Hat/CentOS versions on Dell PowerEdge 14G servers equipped with Perc10 (H740/H740P) RAID cards, using the iDRAC remote‑management virtual media feature and virtual floppy to load the required RAID driver manually.
The Red Hat Forum 2018 recap explains Red Hat's cloud‑native application development approach, hybrid‑cloud infrastructure strategy, OpenShift platform details, NetApp integration, and a step‑by‑step migration solution, offering practical guidance for enterprises adopting modern cloud technologies.
This article chronicles Red Hat’s journey from its Unix roots in the 1960s through key milestones like the GNU project, Linux adoption, major product launches, strategic acquisitions, and its eventual $34 billion acquisition by IBM, highlighting its impact on open‑source and cloud computing.
This article examines Linux security mechanisms—covering system account and password management, network protection, filesystem safeguards, log preservation, and kernel patching—using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 as a concrete example, and provides actionable strategies to mitigate common vulnerabilities.
This guide explains the RPM package naming rules, essential rpm commands for installing, erasing, querying, verifying, and upgrading packages, as well as YUM configuration, repository definition, and common YUM commands for managing software on Red Hat‑based Linux systems.
The article reviews Red Hat Ceph Storage 2’s major updates—including multi‑site support, enhanced authentication, S3 compatibility, and performance gains with InfiniFlash—explains its pivotal role in OpenStack deployments, and mentions the 2016 China Open Source Storage Summit.
Red Hat announced at the Tokyo OpenStack Summit that governance of its Ceph software‑defined storage suite will shift from Red Hat to a newly formed Ceph Advisory Board comprising multiple industry leaders, signaling broader community control and continued growth of Ceph as a key cloud storage solution.
This article outlines the origins, release cycle, commercial licensing, feature set, and derivative distributions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, focusing on version 7’s hardware support, kernel enhancements, storage, networking, virtualization, container integration, toolchain, and system management capabilities.
