Red Hat Linux

Red Hat Linux was one of the most popular Linux distributions, assembled by Red Hat.

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Linux distribution - Red Hat

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It is one of the "middle-aged" Linux distributions; 1.0 was released in November 3, 1994. It is not as old as Slackware, but certainly older than many other distributions. It was the first Linux distribution to use RPM as its packaging format, and over time has served as the starting point for several other distributions, such as the desktop-oriented Mandriva Linux (originally Red Hat Linux with KDE), Yellow Dog Linux (which started from Red Hat Linux with PowerPC support), and ASPLinux (Red Hat Linux with better non-Latin character support).

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Linux - November 3 - 1994 - Slackware - RPM - Mandriva Linux - KDE - Yellow Dog Linux - PowerPC - ASPLinux

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Since 2003, Red Hat has shifted their focus towards the business market and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat Linux 9, the final release, hit its official end-of-life on April 30, 2004, although the Fedora Legacy project continues to publish updates.

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2003 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - April 30 - 2004 - Fedora Legacy

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