Computing/Linux/RedHat

General info

 * The Red Hat Linux at MIT page - info from IS&T about the currently supported version
 * List of RHEL support articles at MIT
 * RedHat Enterprise Linux release notebook - info about the next version to be supported by MIT
 * RedHat Enterprise Linux ISO images (requires MIT personal certificate)
 * VSLS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Site License - ordering of a physical copy of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD set
 * SIPB page - RPMs and other software
 * MIT IS&T News - Linux RSS feed
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Documentation for RHEL3/4/5 hosted at MIT

RHEL5

 * Red Hat Enterprise 5 at MIT
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0: Known Issues
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Documentation hosted at MIT
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Documentation hosted at RedHat
 * RHEL5 Resource Center
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop
 * Compare RHEL5 Server, Client and Advanced platform with RHEL4 and 3
 * Compare servers
 * Compare desktops
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Workstation option. Includes the full suite of Red Hat Enterprise Linux server applications for use in workgroup environments.  Supports up to 2 CPU sockets and unlimited amount of RAM.  Equivalent to earlier WS products.
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Beta 1 Released
 * Beyond the core distribution, these media kits contain a number of optional directories that provide additional functionality:
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
 * Cluster - Fail-Over clustering and Web load balancing
 * ClusterStorage - Parallel storage access via clustered volume manager and GFS cluster file system
 * Virtualization - Xen virtualization environment
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client
 * Desktop - Desktop applications including Evolution and OpenOffice (not available on the Server)
 * Workstation - Full Engineering Workstation and Developer package set
 * Virtualization - Xen virtualization environment

Yum

 * /etc/yum.conf - general config file
 * /etc/yum.repos.d - directory containing files with description of repositories (if not included into yum.conf directly)
 * /etc/yum -
 * useful commands:
 * yum install pkgname ... - install the latest version of a package
 * yum erase [pkgname ...] - remove specified packages
 * yum update [pkgname ...] - update all or specific packages
 * yum check-update - check if any updates are available
 * yum upgrade</tt> - to do OS version upgrades
 * yum search sometext</tt> - find packages matching the text string
 * yum deplist pkgname</tt> - list dependencies of a package
 * yum list all</tt> - list all available and installed packages
 * yum</tt> doesn't have the --force</tt> option available as up2date</tt> did. So, there are two ways to update kernel versions:
 * use yum</tt> to download the packages to local disk cache and then install them using rpm</tt>
 * comment out the appropriate exclusion line in /etc/yum.conf</tt> then run yum update</tt>
 * Repository priority policy
 * Files:
 * /etc/yum/yum.conf</tt>
 * /etc/yum/repos.d/</tt>
 * /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/</tt>
 * /var/cache/yum/</tt>

RHEL4

 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 for Linux - IS&T support page
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0: Installation Instructions
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0: Known Issues
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0: Upgrade Instructions from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 Release Notes
 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Documentation DVD

RedHat Network

 * Satellite service at MIT
 * Update Services: Red Hat Network (RHN)
 * config files:
 * /usr/share/rhn</tt>
 * <tt>/etc/sysconfig/rhn</tt>