Releases Red Hat Linux
| Version | Type | Code name | Release date | Kernel version | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | test | Preview | 29 July 1994 | 1.1.18 (dev) | First test release, not publicly distributed, used RPP package manager. |
| 0.9 | beta | Halloween | 31 October 1994 | 1.0.9 (stable) 1.1.54 (dev) |
Purchased beta, came with documentation and graphical system management tools. |
| 1 | stable | Mother's Day | May 1995 | 1.2.8 | ACC Bookstores (Bob Young) bought out Red Hat Software, Inc. (Mark Ewing) and introduced the "Red Hat Commercial Linux" moniker. |
| 1.1 | bug fix | Mother's Day+0.1 | August 1995 | 1.2.11 1.2.13 |
Called "Mother's Day Plus One". |
| 2.0 | stable | - | 20 September 1995 | 1.2.13-2 | First stable RPM release. Started using the "Red Hat LiNUX" branding. |
| 2.1 | bug fix | Bluesky | 23 November 1995 | 1.2.13 (stable) 1.3.32 (dev) |
The first Alpha release (January 1996) was based on this version. |
| 3.0.3 | stable | Picasso | 1 May 1996 | 1.2.13 | First version to release multiple architecture (x86/ELF, Alpha/a.out) at the same time. Introduced the Metro-X server, glint graphical management tool for RPM, and graphical printer configuration. |
| 3.9 | beta | Rembrandt | July-August 1996 | 2.0 | RPM rewritten in C, introduced PAM, kernel modules instead of 72 different kernels. |
| 4.0 | stable | Colgate | 3 October 1996 | 2.0.18 | Added support for SPARC architecture, ELF for Alpha. Introduced Shadowman™ logo, free electronic format documentation, Red Baron browser. |
| 4.1 | bug fix | Vanderbilt | 3 February 1997 | 2.0.27 | InfoWorld, Best of 1996, Operating Systems. |
| 4.2 | stable | Biltmore | 19 May 1997 | 2.0.30-2 | Shipped old libc 5.3 instead of buggy 5.4, avoided many issues this way but was widely criticized for it. |
| 4.8 | beta | Thunderbird | 27 August 1997 | ? | Introduced glibc 2.0. |
| 4.9 | beta | Mustang | 7 November 1997 | ? | Cemented the two-cycle beta release style, due to massive changes in C library version. |
| 5.0 | stable | Hurricane | 1 December 1997 | 2.0.32-2 | Introduced BRU2000-PE™ backup and Real Audio™ client and server. 1997 InfoWorld Product of the Year. |
| 5.1 | stable | Manhattan | 22 May 1998 | 2.0.34-0.6 | Introduced the Linux Applications CD, GNOME preview version (separate, not default), linuxconf, Netscape browser. Last release to use live filesystem off the CD. |
| 5.2 | stable | Apollo | 2 November 1998 | 2.0.36-0.7 | GNOME technology preview (separate, not default). |
| 5.9 | beta | Starbuck | 17 March 1999 | ? | - |
| 6.0 | stable | Hedwig | 26 April 1999 | 2.2.5-15 | Introduced glibc 2.1, egcs, 2.2 kernel, integrated GNOME. |
| 6.0.50 | beta | Lorax | 6 September 1999 | ? | Introduced completely rewritten graphical installer (anaconda), with graphical mode and text mode implemented in Python. |
| 6.1 | stable | Cartman | 4 October 1999 | 2.2.12-20 | InfoWorld, 1999 Product of the Year, Operating Systems, multiple other awards. |
| 6.1.92 | beta | Piglet | 9 February 2000 | ? | - |
| 6.2 | stable | Zoot | 3 April 2000 | 2.2.14-5.0 | First time to offer ISO images for FTP download. |
| 6.9.5 | beta | Pinstripe | 31 July 2000 | ? | - |
| 7 | stable | Guinness | 25 September 2000 | 2.2.16-22 | First release to support Red Hat Network out of the box. Caused the gcc 2.96 flame war, leading to the 2.96RH name being used later. |
| 7.0.90 | beta | Fisher | 31 January 2001 | 2.4 | First release with 2.4 kernel. |
| 7.0.91 | beta | Wolverine | 21 February 2001 | ? | - |
| 7.1 | stable | Seawolf | 16 April 2001 | 2.4.2-2 | First release to debute a new kernel stream out of the beta cycle. First release to simultaneously support all included languages. Introduced Mozilla browser. |
| 7.1.93 | beta | Roswell | 2 August 2001 | ? | ext3 becomes default, installer offers to convert ext2 filesystems. LILO replaced with Grub as default. |
| 7.2 | stable | Enigma | 22 October 2001 | 2.4.7-10 | GNOME 1.4, KDE 2.2. Would serve as development basis for RHEL 2.1 AS (Pensacola). |
| 7.2.91 | beta | Skipjack | 22 March 2002 | ? | Tried to ship lots of new stuff (gcc3, GTK2, Python2) but decided to postpone them for 8.0. |
| 7.3 | stable | Valhalla | 6 May 2002 | 2.4.18-3 | Last release with the Netscape browser. |
| 7.3.29 | beta | Limbo | 4 July 2002 | ? | Tested 700MB ISO images but they proved problematic. |
| 8.0 | stable | Psyche | 30 September 2002 | 2.4.18-14 | gcc 3.2, glibc 2.3 RC, OpenOffice.org 1.0.1, GNOME 2, KDE 3.0.3. Introduced Bluecurve™ cross-environment unified look and feel. |
| 9 | stable | Shrike | 31 March 2003 | 2.4.20-8 | KDE 3.1 and GNOME 2.2. Introduced NPTL support with glibc 2.3.2 and kernel 2.4.20. Would serve as development basis for RHEL 3. |
| 9.0.93 | beta | Severn | 21 July 2003 | ? | Final RHL release. It would be merged with Fedora Linux to form release Fedora Core 1 test 2, version 0.94. |
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