Find the below new features of RHEL 8. This is the first major Linux version after IBM bought RedHat.
1. The Cockpit – Web-based server manager is now available by default
2. YUM version is now based on DNF. This new version is compatible with YUM v3 (RHEL 7)
3. RPM v4.14 is distributed in RHEL 8.
4. RPM now validates the whole package contents before starting the installation
5. RHEL 8 content is distributed through the two main repositories: BaseOS and Application Stream (AppStream)
6. RHEL 8 support up to 4PB of physical memory
7. XFS now supports shared copy-on-write data extents
8. Wayland is the default display server for RHEL 8
9. nftables replaces iptables as the default firewall
10. PHP 7.2 comes with RHEL 8
11. Nginx 1.14 is available in core OS repository in RHEL 8
12. Python 3.6 is the default Python version in RHEL 8
1. The Cockpit – Web-based server manager is now available by default
2. YUM version is now based on DNF. This new version is compatible with YUM v3 (RHEL 7)
3. RPM v4.14 is distributed in RHEL 8.
4. RPM now validates the whole package contents before starting the installation
5. RHEL 8 content is distributed through the two main repositories: BaseOS and Application Stream (AppStream)
6. RHEL 8 support up to 4PB of physical memory
7. XFS now supports shared copy-on-write data extents
8. Wayland is the default display server for RHEL 8
9. nftables replaces iptables as the default firewall
10. PHP 7.2 comes with RHEL 8
11. Nginx 1.14 is available in core OS repository in RHEL 8
12. Python 3.6 is the default Python version in RHEL 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 provides support for following architectures.
1. AMD and Intel 64-bit architectures
2. The 64-bit ARM architecture
3. IBM Power Systems, Little Endian
4. IBM Z
