RHEL 7.6 Released

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https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html-single/7.6_release_notes/

They silently rebased GNOME to 3.28, which wasn’t in the 7.6 beta nor in the release notes. Can’t wait to see it on my desktop. Too bad we still have to wait for 3.29, which has more fixes for the huge memory leak of gnome-shell.

8 thoughts on - RHEL 7.6 Released

  • Are you sure about this? They only mention “The FreeType font engine has been rebased to version 2.8, which is required by GNOME 3.28” but was GNOME
    itself also updated?

  • gnome 3.28 was in the beta:

    $ cat rhel7.6beta-packagelist.txt | grep gnome | grep ‘3\.28’
    gnome-bluetooth-3.28.2-1.el7.i686.rpm gnome-bluetooth-3.28.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-bluetooth-libs-3.28.2-1.el7.i686.rpm gnome-bluetooth-libs-3.28.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-boxes-3.28.5-2.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-calculator-3.28.1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-classic-session-3.28.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-clocks-3.28.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-color-manager-3.28.0-1.el7.i686.rpm gnome-color-manager-3.28.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-contacts-3.28.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-desktop3-3.28.2-2.el7.i686.rpm gnome-desktop3-3.28.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-desktop3-devel-3.28.2-2.el7.i686.rpm gnome-desktop3-devel-3.28.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-disk-utility-3.28.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-font-viewer-3.28.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-getting-started-docs-3.28.2-1.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-initial-setup-3.28.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-keyring-3.28.2-1.el7.i686.rpm gnome-keyring-3.28.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-keyring-pam-3.28.2-1.el7.i686.rpm gnome-keyring-pam-3.28.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-online-accounts-3.28.0-1.el7.i686.rpm gnome-online-accounts-3.28.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-online-accounts-devel-3.28.0-1.el7.i686.rpm gnome-online-accounts-devel-3.28.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-packagekit-3.28.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-packagekit-common-3.28.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-packagekit-installer-3.28.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-packagekit-updater-3.28.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-session-3.28.1-5.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-session-xsession-3.28.1-5.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-settings-daemon-3.28.1-2.el7.i686.rpm gnome-settings-daemon-3.28.1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-shell-3.28.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-shell-browser-plugin-3.28.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-shell-extension-alternate-tab-3.28.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-shell-extension-apps-menu-3.28.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-shell-extension-common-3.28.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-shell-extension-launch-new-instance-3.28.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-shell-extension-places-menu-3.28.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-3.28.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-shell-extension-user-theme-3.28.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-shell-extension-window-list-3.28.1-4.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-software-3.28.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-system-monitor-3.28.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-terminal-3.28.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-terminal-nautilus-3.28.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-themes-standard-3.28-2.el7.x86_64.rpm gnome-tweak-tool-3.28.1-2.el7.noarch.rpm gnome-user-docs-3.28.2-1.el7.noarch.rpm

  • I’m guessing CentOS 7.6 will arrive around the Christmas break. I expect we’ll all be upgrading our servers while our companies are shut down for the break! :D

  • I am eagerly waiting to download CentOS 7.6 as well. I am still seeing CentOS 7.5 on CentOS download mirrors in my region, Singapore.

  • It’ll take some time for CentOS to rebuild all the packages, probably
    4-6 weeks. You’ll have to be a bit more patient :)

    Anand