14 DAY TRIAL // The Israeli company StartCom Ltd is proud to announce version 5.0.3 of their StartCom Enterprise Linux. Being based on the Red Hat AS source code, StartCom Enterprise Linux delivers the latest technologies for any mission-critical server deployments. Just like the latest release of RHEL 5, StartCom Enterprise Linux 5.0.3 comes as an update to the previous stable release and it provides support for the new Intel Core i7 (Nehalem) processors, better virtualization performance for the 64-bit architectures, and the inclusion of the OpenJDK next-generation Java technology.
StartCom considers the inclusion of OpenJDK as the most breathtaking news on the new release of their open source enterprise operating system. OpenJDK is the open source implementation of the widely used Java SE 6 technology from Sun Microsystems. "With the availability of StartCom Enterprise Linux AS-5.0.3, OpenJDK Java technologies have arrived at this open source, enterprise-grade platform." - said StartCom in the official release announcement.
With an updated kernel, StartCom Enterprise Linux 5.0.3 includes support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and the new quad-core processor from Intel, Core i7 (Nehalem). With this third point release, StartCom Enterprise Linux 5 brings more than 150 updates and additions.
Being dubbed Kishuf, StartCom Enterprise Linux 5.0.3 is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and it is distributed as downloadable DVD ISO images. To install StartCom Enterprise Linux, you will need at least 10 GB of free space. The installation is very easy and intuitive, presenting you a nice StartCom EL custom made GRUB splash and some options. The installer used is Anaconda, ported from Red Hat, with a few modifications.
Download StartCom Enterprise Linux 5.0.3 right now from Softpedia.