Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.1 is the first minor release of the RHEL 10 operating system, generally available as of November 12, 2025. It focuses on enhancing AI readiness, security (post-quantum cryptography), and operational efficiency across hybrid cloud environments. Key Features and Enhancements AI Accelerators and Drivers: RHEL 10.1 simplifies the process of running AI workloads by making vendor-validated drivers for leading AI hardware (GPUs, NPUs) from NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel available in the RHEL repositories. AI Command-Line Assistant: A new, offline, and local AI command-line interface (CLI) assistant (part of the Red Hat Lightspeed family) is available as a tech preview. It can provide AI-powered guidance for Linux administration, troubleshooting, and configuration tasks, even on air-gapped systems. System Downtime Reduction: A new systemd capability, "soft-reboots," is introduced in image mode. This allows administrators to apply updates and alter system states without requiring a full kernel reboot, thus minimizing service disruptions. Image Builder CLI: A command-line interface for the RHEL image builder is available in tech preview. This streamlines the creation of consistent RHEL images for deployment across public clouds, bare metal, and virtual environments, facilitating integration into CI/CD pipelines. Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC): Building on RHEL 10's initial PQC capabilities, version 10.1 enhances PQC support for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) layer to protect data in transit against future quantum threats. Updated Toolsets and Languages: The release includes updated versions of key developer tools and languages: GCC 15 LLVM 20 Go 1.24 Rust 1.88 Valkey 8 Node.js?v=1.05 24 .NET 10 OpenJDK 25 LTS Kernel Version: RHEL 10.1 is distributed with the Linux kernel version 6.12 LTS