
It was in 2001 that Red Hat Linux transitioned to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It was the operating system of choice for learners, hobbyists, and those interested in learning more about Linux. It was later acquired in 1995 by a company called ACC founded by Bob Young in 1993. The name ‘ Red Hat’ came was coined due to the founder’s habit of wearing a Red Hat. It was created and founded by Marc Ewing, an American Software Engineer back in 1994. Originally, RHEL started off as Red Hat Linux.

This is where crucial OS innovations are introduced and thoroughly tested. The Upstream project on which Red Hat Enterprise Linux major releases are based is Fedora Linux. For the desktop version, it is avaiable for the x86-64 architecture. For servers, it is available for x86-64, IBM Z, ARM64, and Power ISA. It is available for both server and desktop versions.


The kernel level for RHEL 8.4 is kernel-4.18.0-305.el8. This is a long term support version and therefore a good starting point for new projects as well as an upgrade target for exiting installations. On May 18th 2021 Red Hat released RHEL 8.4 the fourth service pack for their leading enterprise version.
