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Q220182
Sign in to saveAlso known as Red Hat Commercial Linux, Red Hat Software Linux
discontinued Linux distribution
Key facts
- Developer
- Red Hat
- Os family
- Linux ( Unix-like )
- Working state
- Discontinued
- Source model
- Open source
- Initial release
- May 13, 1995 ; 31 years ago ( 1995-05-13 )
- Final release
- 9 alias Shrike / March 31, 2003 ; 23 years ago ( 2003-03-31 )
- Package manager
- RPM Package Manager
- Kernel type
- Monolithic ( Linux )
- Userland
- GNU
- License
- Various
- Succeeded by
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Fedora Linux
- Official website
- www .redhat .com /en
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Red Hat Linux was a widely used commercial open-source Linux distribution created by Red Hat until its discontinuation in 2004.
Early releases of Red Hat Linux were called Red Hat Commercial Linux. Red Hat published the first non-beta release in May 1995. It included the Red Hat Package Manager as its packaging format, and over time RPM has served as the starting point for several other distributions, such as Mandriva Linux and Yellow Dog Linux.
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