[Unix-help] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Update Release Project Underway

[Bill Cattey]

Good Day,

Last week Red Hat delivered the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 update.   
All subscribers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux got the update.  Normally  
IS&T does not do a Release Project for a Red Hat Update, but RHEL 5.2  
contains many important user-visible differences of a sort normally  
not delivered until the next major release.

The purpose of this Update Release Project will be to provide  
additional testing and documentation to help users cope with the  
transition.

Notable New Features

     * Update of Firefox from 1.5 to 3.0 (Actually 3.0 beta 5)
     * Update of Open Office from 2.0 to 2.3.
     * Update of Acrobat Reader from 7.0 to 8.x
     * Update of Evolution from 2.8.0 to 2.12.x
     * Update of Thunderbird from 1.5 to 2.0
     * Updated graphics drivers.
     * Added hotplug docking support for some laptops.
     * Encryption and Security Enhancements
     * Improved Power management including improved laptop suspend and 
resume support.
     * Various bugfixes and security fixes.
     * Updated device drivers.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release Notes can be found on the RHEL 5  
documentation site:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Project status and drafts of evolving documentation will be on the  
Project Wiki at:
https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/SWRT/Red+Hat+Enterprise+5.2+Update

If you have questions, suggestions, or would like to participate in the
Release Project, please contact the team via email at rhe- 
release at mit.edu.

William Cattey
Linux Platform Coordinator
MIT Information Services & Technology

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