Late last night Red Hat had announced the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3. This development version of the next RHEL adds in many virtualization enhancements,
NetworkManager 0.7 integration, stable open-source ATI R400/500 support through
xf86-video-ati (and its
Mesa component), SystemTap integration, many new kernel features, a horde of new kernel drivers, and many other changes.
Provided as a technology preview in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 will be
Compiz support for the desktop with
AIGLX support, and
GCC 4.3.
The release announcement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 can be read on the
Red Hat mailing list.