RHEL ?

RHEL stands for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the current version of RHEL which is running successfully in Market is RHEL6. RHELis basically based on subscription basis where if you are a subscribed user then you will be benefited and can access all the supported versions of the operating system in binary as well as source form. Its first release was RHEL2.1 which was released in 2002.

The major version of RHEL are released mostly in about 2-3 years but the minor ones are released nearly after every six months. Currently RHEL comes for:
  • Servers.
  • Desktops.
If you are a subscribed user then you can get full support from Red Hat, you can access there knowledge base which you can access and can resolve your issue yourself and if by any chance you are unable to do that then you can always contact to Red Hat's Technical Support team for your queries.

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