{"id":299,"date":"2018-10-17T07:16:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T07:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/rhel-7-5-released-and-here-is-how-to-upgrade-7-4-to-7-5\/"},"modified":"2018-10-17T07:16:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T07:16:50","slug":"rhel-7-5-released-and-here-is-how-to-upgrade-7-4-to-7-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/17\/rhel-7-5-released-and-here-is-how-to-upgrade-7-4-to-7-5\/","title":{"rendered":"RHEL 7.5 released and here is how to upgrade 7.4 to 7.5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5 released. This version includes updates and various improvements such as GNOME rebased to version 3.26, LibreOffice rebased to version 5.3, Support for libva (VA-API) added, GStreamer now supports mp3 and more. RHEL is one of the leading enterprise Linux distribution for both bare metal and cloud platform. It targeted toward the commercial users. RHEL works with x86-64, IBM System z, and other platforms.<\/p>\n

From the RHEL 7.5 release note<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The world\u2019s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5, the latest version of the world\u2019s leading enterprise Linux platform. Serving as a consistent foundation for hybrid cloud environments, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 provides enhanced security and compliance controls, tools to reduce storage costs, and improved usability, as well as further integration with Microsoft Windows infrastructure both on-premise and in Microsoft Azure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

RHEL 7.5 released<\/h2>\n

Some new features in RHEL 7.5 release:<\/p>\n

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  1. Securely unlock Network Bound Disk Encrypted (NBDE) devices at boot-time<\/li>\n
  2. The integration of Red Hat Ansible Automation with OpenSCAP enables ease of automation<\/li>\n
  3. The introduction of Virtual Data Optimizer (VDO), designed to reduce data redundancy through inline deduplication and compression of primary storage<\/li>\n
  4. KVM virtualization is now supported on IBM POWER8\/POWER9 systems<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Update packages in RHEL 7.5<\/h3>\n