RHEL 5: What's coming (Interview w/ Scott Crenshaw)
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| * SELinux MLS support (EAL4+/LSPP)
| * SELinux Troubleshooter - Greatly simplifies administration
| * Network storage ( Autofs, CacheFS / NFS persistent local cache,
| iSCSI )
| * Integrated directory & security
| * Desktop (GNOME, X.Org 7.1, Laptop)
| * Stateless Linux (Desktop/Server/ Virtualized )
| * New Driver Model (better support for 3rd party drivers)
| * Enhanced development tools (SystemTap, Frysk)
| * Enhanced large SMP support (big kernel lock removal, etc.)
| * Multi-Core beyond Dual
| * Single Node GFS
| * Kexec / Kdump ( replacing Diskdump and Netdump)
| * Installer improvements
| * RHN support for virtualization
| * Broad range of new HW support
| * IPv6 support and conformance enhancements
| * IPSEC enhancements
| * I/O-AT Intel's network accelerators
| * Improved ACPI support, suspend to disk
| * Block device data encryption support
| * Root device MPIO support
| * Dynamically switchable per-queue I/O schedulers
| * Enhanced pipe buffering (circular buffers)
| * IPv4/IPv6 fragmentation offload & optimized buffer management
| * Integrated multi-media support
| * Smart card login - with PKI/Kerberos authentication
| * Enhanced plug and play hardware support (cameras, etc)
| * Enhanced graphics using AIGLX/Compiz (e.g. fading, transparency, etc)
| * Network Manager - automatic network configuration
| * Samba - improved Microsoft Active Directory integration
| * Audit - powerful new search/reporting tools; unique real
| time interface
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/11/rhel_5_whats_co.html
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