Novell, Red Hat upgrade Linux offerings

摘要

Novell and Red Hat updated their Linux operating systems last week, adding improvements in virtualization, desktops, networking, management and hardware support. Novell released SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 (SP2), while Red Hat shipped Version 5.2 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).Both vendors added improvements to the desktop and the server. There were many areas of overlap, especially with virtualization. Novell added support for Xen 3.2 to its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) server platform, and support for fully virtualized Windows Server 2008 and 2003 platforms. In addition, Novell now supports live migration of Windows guests across physical machines. Novell's support of the Windows platform is an outgrowth of a cross-licensing patent deal it signed with Microsoft in 2006 and an interoperability lab the pair opened in 2007. Novell also updated its YaST (Yet another Setup Tool) to ease boot-ups and add network module support for new devices. Red Hat also focused on improving its virtualization capabilities, which are based on the same Xen hypervisor technology Novell uses.