Red Hat released the second update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. As with earlier minor releases, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 comes with a broad set of bug fixes, updated hardware support capabilities, quality improvements, and a set of new software features that have been backported from upstream open source projects to the Enterprise Linux 5 code base.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2

Specifically, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 enhancements are primarily focused in six areas:

• Virtualization
• Laptop and Desktop improvements
• Encryption and Security
• Cluster & Storage Enhancements
• Networking & IPv6 Enablement
• Serviceability

“Of course, we don’t normally make a big deal about the release of a minor version, but for this update, we’ve decided to go wild and issue a pair of blogs,” the company said. “In this one, we will talk about the new features and capabilities on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2. In the other, we will highlight something that we are proud of and applies to all Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases, our software maintenance and lifecycle policies.”

Sounds like it is pretty serious. Is this the version that truly takes the competition to a task?

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