Red Hat released the second update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. As with earlier minor releases, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 comes with a broad set of bug fixes, updated hardware support capabilities, quality improvements, and a set of new software features that have been backported from upstream open source projects to the Enterprise Linux 5 code base.

Enterprise Linux 5.2 Highlights

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 enhancements are primarily focused in six areas:

* Virtualization
* Laptop and Desktop improvements
* Encryption and Security
* Cluster & Storage Enhancements
* Networking & IPv6 Enablement
* Servicability