EuroLinux 8.6 based on the RHEL 8.6 sources has been released.

EuroLinux 8.6 released

EuroLinux 8.6 includes a new version of PHP and Perl, a secure version of log4j, and updates to popular compiler stacks for C/C++, Go, and Rust, among other languages.

On May 11, 2022, we released version 8.6 of the EuroLinux operating system. It is compatible with the latest upstream release. With this release we focused on the support for modern software security technologies such as OpenSSL 3.0, verification of the versions of installed SELinux policies and updated hashing algorithms. New PHP and Perl versions have been added. The system was also enhanced by a secure version of log4j. Popular C/C++, Go and Rust compiler collections have been updated. The real-time Linux kernel test suite – rteval – has received the ability to specify a threshold value in microseconds. Options’ names in Samba binaries have been standardized to provide a more consistent user interface. The changes will also satisfy the people who work with deep learning and deep neural networks – the OpenCV package in EuroLinux 8.6 now ships the dnn and text modules.

At the beginning of the article we will describe the technical advantages and new capabilities of the EuroLinux ecosystem. Then we will present the links to the release notes documents along with the jumpstart documentation. All new features in the release are marked as (New) in the header.

EuroLinux 8.6 released – what’s new?