Editing Red Hat Linux (section)

==Version history==
[[File:redhat 5.2 box.jpg|thumb|Box cover shot of Red Hat Linux 5.2]]
[[File:Redhat 5 0 cds.jpeg|thumb|Red Hat 5.0 CDROMs]]

Release dates were drawn from announcements on ''comp.os.linux.announce''. Version names are chosen as to be cognitively related to the prior release, yet not related in the same way as the release before that.<ref name="smoogespace"/><ref>[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/History_of_Red_Hat_Linux History of Red Hat Linux] - Fedora wiki</ref>

The Fedora and Red Hat Projects were merged on September 22, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title= Fedora and Red Hat to Merge|url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7169|access-date=2008-08-02}}</ref>
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|+ x86 release history
! Version !! Type !! Code name !! Release date !! Kernel version !! Comment
|-
|{{n/a}} 
| test
| Preview
| 26 June 1994<ref>{{cite web | url=https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.announce/c/axtCvKo-zKI/m/mobuffQnPPgJ | title=Red Hat Software Linux Beta Test }}</ref>
| 1.1.18 (dev)
| First test release, not publicly distributed. It used the RPP package manager.
|-
| 0.9
| beta
| Halloween
| 31 October 1994
| 1.0.9 (stable)<br/>1.1.54 (dev)
| Purchased beta, came with documentation and graphical system management tools.
|-
| 1
| stable
| Mother's Day
| {{date|May 1995}}
| 1.2.8
| ACC Bookstores (Bob Young) bought out Red Hat Software, Inc. (Mark Ewing) and introduced the "Red Hat Commercial Linux" moniker.
|-
| 1.1
| bug fix
| Mother's Day+0.1
| {{date|August 1995}}
| 1.2.11<br/>1.2.13
| Called "Mother's Day Plus One".
|-
| 2.0
| stable
| {{n/a}}
| 20 September 1995
| 1.2.13–2
| First stable RPM release, and the first one to use the "Red Hat LiNUX" branding.
|-
| 2.1
| bug fix
| Bluesky
| 23 November 1995
| 1.2.13 (stable)<br/>1.3.32 (dev)
| The first '''Alpha''' release (January 1996) was based on this version.
|-
| 3.0.3
| stable
| Picasso
| 1 May 1996
| 1.2.13
| First version released for multiple architectures and executable formats (x86/Alpha, ELF/a.out) at the same time. Introduced the Metro-X server, glint graphical management tool for RPM, and graphical printer configuration.
|-
| 3.9
| beta
| Rembrandt
| July–August 1996
| 2.0
| RPM was rewritten in C. PAM and kernel modules were introduced.
|-
| 4.0
| stable
| Colgate
| 3 October 1996
| 2.0.18
| Added support for '''SPARC''' architecture and ELF executables on Alpha. Introduced Shadowman™ logo, free electronic format documentation and the Red Baron browser.
|-
| 4.1
| stable
| Vanderbilt
| 3 February 1997
| 2.0.27
| InfoWorld, Best of 1996, Operating Systems.
|-
| 4.2
| stable
| Biltmore
| 19 May 1997
| 2.0.30–2
| Shipped the old libc 5.3 instead of the buggy 5.4 release. This decision was widely criticised, but avoided many issues.
|-
| 4.8
| beta
| Thunderbird
| 27 August 1997
| {{dunno}}
| Introduced glibc 2.0.
|-
| 4.9
| beta
| Mustang
| 7 November 1997
| {{dunno}}
| Cemented the two-cycle beta release style due to massive changes in the C library version.
|-
| 5.0
| stable
| Hurricane
| 1 December 1997
| 2.0.32–2
| Introduced BRU2000-PE™ backup and the Real Audio™ client and server. 1997 InfoWorld Product of the Year.
|-
| 5.1
| stable
| Manhattan
| 22 May 1998
| 2.0.34–0.6
| Introduced the Linux Applications CD, GNOME preview version (separate, not default), linuxconf, and the Netscape browser. Last release to load a live filesystem from the CD.
|-
| 5.2
| stable
| Apollo
| 2 November 1998
| 2.0.36–0.7
| GNOME technology preview (separate, not default).
|-
| 5.9
| beta
| Starbuck
| 17 March 1999
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| 6.0
| stable
| Hedwig
| 26 April 1999
| 2.2.5–15
| Introduced glibc 2.1, egcs, and Linux 2.2. [[GNOME 1]] was integrated.
|-
| 6.0.50
| beta
| Lorax
| 6 September 1999
| {{dunno}}
| Introduced a completely rewritten graphical installer (anaconda), with graphical mode and text mode implemented in Python.
|-
| 6.1
| stable
| Cartman
| 4 October 1999
| 2.2.12–20
| InfoWorld, 1999 Product of the Year, Operating Systems and multiple other awards.
|-
| 6.1.92
| beta
| Piglet
| 9 February 2000
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| 6.2
| stable
| Zoot
| 3 April 2000
| 2.2.14–5.0
| First release to offer ISO images for FTP download.
|-
| 6.9.5
| beta
| Pinstripe
| 31 July 2000
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| 7
| stable
| Guinness
| 25 September 2000
| 2.2.16–22
| First release to support Red Hat Network out of the box. Caused the gcc 2.96 flame war, leading to the 2.96RH name being used later.
|-
| 7.0.90
| beta
| Fisher
| 31 January 2001
| 2.4
| First release with Linux 2.4.
|-
| 7.0.91
| beta
| Wolverine
| 21 February 2001
| {{dunno}}
| 
|-
| 7.1
| stable
| Seawolf
| 16 April 2001
| 2.4.2–2
| First release to debut a new kernel stream out of the beta cycle. First release to simultaneously support all included languages. Introduced the Mozilla browser.
|-
| 7.1.93
| beta
| Roswell
| 2 August 2001
| {{dunno}}
| ext3 becomes default; the installer offers to convert ext2 filesystems. LILO replaced with GRUB as the default bootloader.
|-
| 7.2
| stable
| Enigma
| 22 October 2001
| 2.4.7–10
| GNOME 1.4, KDE 2.2. Would serve as the development basis for RHEL 2.1 AS (Pensacola).
|-
| 7.2A
| stable
| EnigmaA
| 29 December 2001
| 2.4.17
| GNOME 1.4, KDE 2.2.2. Has version in the letter A.
|-
| 7.2.91
| beta
| Skipjack
| 22 March 2002
| {{dunno}}
| Expected to ship a lot of new programs (gcc 3, GTK 2, Python 2) that were postponed for 8.0.
|-
| 7.3
| stable
| Valhalla
| 6 May 2002
| 2.4.18–3
| KDE updated to 3.0.0. Last release with the Netscape browser.
|-
| 7.3.29
| beta
| Limbo
| 4 July 2002
| {{dunno}}
| 700 MB ISO images were tested, but they proved problematic.
|-
| 8.0
| stable
| Psyche
| 30 September 2002
| 2.4.18–14
| gcc 3.2, glibc 2.3 RC, OpenOffice 1.0.1, [[GNOME 2]], KDE 3.0.3. Introduced the Bluecurve™ cross-environment unified look and feel.
|-
| 9
| stable
| Shrike
| 31 March 2003
| 2.4.20–8
| KDE 3.1 and GNOME 2.2. Introduced NPTL support with glibc 2.3.2 and kernel 2.4.20. Would serve as the development basis for RHEL 3.
|-
| 9.0.93
| beta
| Severn
| 21 July 2003
| {{dunno}}
| Final RHL release. It would be merged with Fedora Linux to form release Fedora Core 1 test 2, version 0.94.
|}