My research on Xen also indicated that it was not for newbies - ie: lots of tweaking may be necessary in some instances. And as for running multiple OSs - we're talking basically multiple **nix's. Forget Window$ or Mac OS X.
Dennis On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 08:47 -0700, Sebastian Smith wrote: > > Hi, all, > > > > Does anyone have the time to explain what Xen is, how to use it, and if > > it's appropriate for a home user like myself? > > > I'll give a basic overview. I've never run Xen on any of my machines, but > I know the theory behind hit. > > Xen is a hypervisor. A hypervisor is an abstraction layer that allows > multiple OSs to run "simultaneously" on the same computer. Think of Xen > as a trimmed down version of VMware that requires modification to its > client operating systems to run. Xen is fast scalable, and rapidly > developed -- an overall great product in my book. > > Should you use it at home? I see few practical applications for Xen, > especially for the home user. If you'd like to run multiple different > operating systems simultaneously (i.e. Linux and FreeBSD) I can understand > running Xen. Or, as I know you're prone to do, using it to test multiple > Linux distros. Aside from those two examples I really see no need to use > it as a home user, as the multiuser capabilities of modern operating > systems can provide similar functionality. > > If you choose to install and configure Xen let us know how it goes. > > - Sebastian > > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
