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Red Hat has announced the availability of the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.7: "Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the beta release of 4.7 (kernel 2.6.9-70.EL) for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 family of products. This beta release includes the following improvements: virtualization enhancements; laptop and desktop enhancements; encryption and security enhancements; tuning and debugging - systemtap; tools enhancement (added JRockit 1.6.0); networking and IPv6 enablement; storage improvements; platform enhancements; kernel improvements; new driver support and driver updates; technology previews for the Frysk system monitor and GCC 4." Read the complete release announcement for a detailed list of all changes and improvements. Existing subscribers who are interested in beta testing this release can download the installation ISO images from .