Red Hat today announced the first public beta of the upcoming Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL) Linux 9.0. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9.0 brings improvements to its Cockpit network console, and it is now possible to apply kernel real-time patches from the network console.RHEL 9
Beta also has additional security configuration files, integrated OpenSSL 3 support, IMA integration, SSH root password login was eventually disabled by default, improvements around container development, and more.
In addition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 also brings a large number of components and software update packages, such as using GCC 11 as the default system compiler, Python 3.9, LLVM 12, and other updates.
An important architectural change worth mentioning is that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is built by CentOS Stream.
For more details about Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Beta, please refer to the RedHat.com blog:
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-rhel-90-beta?s=09
Downloading RHEL 9 Beta requires a Red Hat account, which includes free access to the Red Hat Developer Program.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 is expected to be officially released in 2022.