[Unix-help] IS&T Recommends and Announces Full Support for RHEL 5.2

[William Cattey]

Good Day,

Information Services & Technology (IS&T) is pleased to recommend Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.2 (RHEL 5.2) and announces full support for it. RHN
subscribers at MIT were automatically upgraded to RHEL 5.2 in May.

This recommendation follows the completion of additional testing and
documenting efforts for RHEL 5.2.   IS&T initiated a release project
because RHEL 5.2 includes many important user-visible differences not
normally delivered between minor releases.

IS&T has tested all Linux-compatible software on the MIT Software  
download
web site against both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of a fresh  
install of
RHEL 5.2 and against 32 and 64 bit systems subscribed to Red Hat Network
(RHN). All is well.

New documentation on several of the features most visible to users is  
now
available, including:
         * Firefox 3.0: http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=808
         * Acrobat Reader 8.x:
		http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=809
         * Evolution 2.12.x: http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=807
         * New issues with the ATI Graphics drivers:
                 http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8504#ati

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NOTABLE NEW FEATURES IN RHEL 5.2
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         * Update of Open Office from 2.0 to 2.3.
         * Update of Thunderbird from 1.5 to 2.0
         * Added hotplug docking support for some laptops
         * Encryption and security enhancements
         * Improved power management including improved laptop
	  suspend/resume support.
         * Various bug fixes and security fixes
         * Updated device drivers

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KNOWN ISSUES
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An updated list of known issues for RHEL.x is available at
http://itinfo.mit.edu/article?id=8504


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HOW TO OBTAIN
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Additional information about RHEL 5.2 at MIT -- including  
instructions on
how to obtain, install, and use RHEL 5.2 -- is available at
http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=806


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GETTING HELP
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If you have a question or need assistance, contact the IS&T Computing  
Help
Desk at computing-help at mit.edu or x3-1101.

Share and enjoy,

William Cattey
Linux Platform Coordinator
MIT Information Services & Technology

N42-040M, 617-253-0140, wdc at mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/wdc/www/