Dennis Bagley wrote:
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.
Oh, but I DO forget about W1nd0w$. And I try not to think about Mac
because I'd like one.
Bill
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
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