Release Notes

New and enhanced in RHEL 8 release
● Simple content structure available through BaseOS and Application Stream repository
● More life cycle options and frequent application updates
● YUM4 package manager is based on the DNF technology
● Increased security with memory
● Better management of System Processes
● Support for Control Group v2 mechanism
● Multiple packages of the kernel package
● Distributed with Stratis, a new local storage manager, which provides easy to use CLI and well designed API
● System-wide cryptographic policies and support for OpenSSL 1.1.1 and TLS 1.3 cryptographic standard
● New TCP/IP stack with Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT (BBR) congestion control
NOTE: For more information on what is new and enhanced in this release, see www.access.redhat.com/documentation.
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