Alan Cox wrote:
On Iau, 2006-02-16 at 11:03 -0600, Tom Shilson wrote:
Xen is a Linux form of VMWare. It allows you to run multiple instances of
Linux. Instead of creating a virtual machine, however, Xen shares the
kernel. Compared to VMWare (or zVM) it is limited because of this. I have
never used it. I believe that it is an OpenSource project.
Xen isn't Linux specific. Nor does it share a kernel. Xen is a true
hypervisor when running with Intel VT capable processors and very close
to it when running on a generic x86. Performance is generally within
2-3% of native as a result of the para-virtualisation techniques used
with a Xen aware kernel on a non VT capable processor.
It is indeed free software.
and SUN reports booting Solaris under it. _I_ am looking forward to
booting Windows XP, and Mac OS X would be handy too.
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John
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