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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
List of New Features of RHEL 8
CentOS 8 Released
CentOS released new midstream called CentOS Stream
Fedora 31 Released
New Fedora spins
New Features of Fedora 31
16. YUMv4 package manager is now based on the DNF technology.
BaseOS | AppStream Repositories
# yum module list
# yum module info php
# yum module install php:7.1/minimal
# yum module remove php:7.1/minimal
17. Python 3.6 is the default Python implementation in RHEL 8.
Limited support for Python 2.7 is provided.
No version of Python is installed by default.
18. GNOME Shell has been rebased to version 3.28.
GNOME session and the GNOME Display Manager use Wayland.
X.Org server is available as well.
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21. Custom system images with Image Builder
lorax-composer
Rethinking how we make ready-to-use operating system images.
37. Fedora 31 New Features:
“python” command is “python3”
Support for cgroups v2
Switching RPM compression to ztsd
Support for RPM 4.15
New Desktop Spins: KDE Plasma, Xfce
ARM AArch64 architecture
for single-board computers (SBCs)