[Fwd: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 2 Availability Announcement]

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Subject: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 2 Availability Announcement
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 18:45:54 -0400

Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of Update 2
for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 family of products, 
including:
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 for x86)
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 for Itanium)
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 for AMD64 and Intel(r) EM64T)
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 for iSeries and pSeries)
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 for S/390)
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 for zSeries)
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 for x86)
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3 for x86)
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3 for Itanium)
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3 for AMD64 and Intel(r) EM64T)
 - Red Hat Developer Suite (for x86)
 - Red Hat Developer Suite (for Itanium)
 - Red Hat Developer Suite (for AMD64 and Intel(r) EM64T)
 - Red Hat Cluster Suite (for x86)

This update includes the following enhancements:

 - Addition of platform support for Intel(r) Extended Memory 64 
    Technology (Intel(r) EM64T) systems.

 - Addition of the Linux Audit Subsystem (LAuS).

 - Upgrade of the OpenOffice.org office suite to version 1.1.0.

 - Improved platform support for IBM zSeries and S/390 systems.

 - Addition of platform support for IBM BladeCenter JS20 systems.

 - Driver updates including IBM ServeRAID (ips), LSI Logic 
    RAID (megaraid), LSI Logic MPT Fusion (mpt* drivers),
    Compaq SA53xx Controllers (cciss driver), QLogic
    Fibre Channel (qla2xxx), Intel PRO/1000 (e1000),
    Broadcom Tigon3 (tg3), Network Bonding (bonding),
    Serial ATA (libata).

 - Addition of a new graphical boot capability, in conjunction
    with the new rhgb package.

 - Availability of third-party packages to subscribers via the
    Extras channel on Red Hat Network, including Adobe Acrobat 
    Reader, Citrix ICA Client, Macromedia Flash Plugin, and 
    Real Player.

 - Availability of professional-quality fonts licensed from
    Agfa Monotype to subscribers via the Extras channel on 
    Red Hat Network.

 - Availability of the Intel IA-32 Execution Layer for Itanium
    to subscribers via the Extras channel on Red Hat Network, 
    for improved 32-bit x86 application support on 64-bit 
    Itanium systems.

 - Introduction of Red Hat Developer Suite for the 64-bit Itanium,
    AMD64, and Intel(r) EM64T platforms, in addition to the
    32-bit x86 platform.

 - Availability of a full set of updated installable CD ISO 
    images via Red Hat Network, with OS package updates and 
    install-time support for new hardware.

 - Availability of updated Extras, Developer Suite, and
    Cluster Suite ISO images via Red Hat Network, with
    package updates.

 - Security updates, bug fixes, feature enhancements, and
    performance improvements to numerous system packages.

Errata Advisories describing specific changes in Update 2 are 
available online at:
  https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel3as-errata.html (AS)
  https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel3es-errata.html (ES)
  https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel3ws-errata.html (WS)
  https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel3cluster-errata.html (Cluster Suite)
  https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel3devsuite-errata.html (Dev. Suite)

Release notes including the kernel driver changes included 
in this update will be available on the Red Hat documentation 
site at:
  http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

This update is available immediately to all current
Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscribers via Red Hat Network.  
Simply run 'up2date' to retrieve the latest packages,
or visit the following URL to download ISO images for
new installations:
  https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/download_isos.pxt

Regards,

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team


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