On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:34:07 +0800
Miguel A Paraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 22:28:34 +0800, Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Your solution is linode.com.  They are using UML which allow you to have
> > your own instance of Linux within their Linux server.  They have UMLs
> > for Redhat, Fedora, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, etc.  Because its UML you
> > have root access and you can install anything you want.  This is a very
> > good way to practice administering a real server.
> 
> How do they handle Gentoo if the admin will compile it from source? I
> guess the linode.com admins will do that, then.

They give you a base image from where you can build your whole system.  Even RH and 
Fedora are just the barest installation.

UML is really cool.


Holden
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