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Red Hat has announced the availability of the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.7: "RedHat is pleased to announce the availability of the beta release of 4.7(kernel 2.6.9-70.EL) for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 family ofproducts. This beta release includes the following improvements:virtualization enhancements; laptop and desktop enhancements;encryption and security enhancements; tuning and debugging - systemtap;tools enhancement (added JRockit 1.6.0); networking and IPv6enablement; storage improvements; platform enhancements; kernelimprovements; new driver support and driver updates; technologypreviews for the Frysk system monitor and GCC 4." Read the complete release announcementfor a detailed list of all changes and improvements. Existingsubscribers who are interested in beta testing this release candownload the installation ISO images from Red Hat Networks.