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EL8

EL8 refers to the eighth major release of the Enterprise Linux family, a designation used for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and for downstream distributions that track its development. It marks the foundation for a family of enterprise operating systems designed for stable, long-term support in server and data center environments. EL8 and its derivatives aim to provide a consistent base across hardware architectures, with coordinated lifecycle and security updates.

Release and technology changes: Red Hat released RHEL 8 in 2019 as part of the EL8 lineage,

Ecosystem and usage: EL8 is adopted by several downstream distributions that rebuild or track the RHEL 8

See also: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and related Enterprise Linux derivatives.

introducing
a
modernization
of
software
delivery
and
system
administration.
A
key
change
was
the
switch
from
yum
to
DNF
as
the
default
package
manager,
along
with
the
introduction
of
Application
Streams
(AppStream)
to
provide
multiple
versions
of
user-space
components.
The
packaging
system
supports
modular
repositories
and
improved
dependency
handling.
The
platform
includes
container
tooling
such
as
Buildah
and
Podman,
and
enhanced
management
through
web-based
Cockpit
interfaces.
The
overall
design
emphasizes
security,
performance,
and
support
for
modern
hardware
and
workloads.
base,
including
AlmaLinux,
Rocky
Linux,
and
Oracle
Linux,
as
well
as
the
CentOS
Stream
lineage.
The
EL8
ecosystem
emphasizes
long-term
support,
cross-architecture
compatibility
(including
x86_64
and
ARM64),
and
a
common
set
of
system
administration
tools.
As
with
other
major
Enterprise
Linux
releases,
EL8
provides
a
stable,
supported
platform
for
servers,
virtualization,
and
cloud
deployments,
with
updates
coordinated
across
its
ecosystem.