On 21.11.2010 10:35, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> * user-mode-linux: dead or alive?
>From a plain user's view: basically dead Why? See e.g. http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/downloads.html SKAS3 is against 2.6.23 and unmaintained (my problem with skas3 corrupting floating point registers did not get fixed two years ago, although I tracked it to the skas3 and provided a complete example to reproduce it). SKAS4 is against 2.6.24 and marked as experimental. So what should a new user searching for a virtualization soultion take from it? Maybe there is an active development running, but I don't see it, alhough I am following the uml-devel. Having an unmaintained old and experimental new version is a sure way to hell for any software product, free or non-free... > Personally, I like UML because > - It's easy to get it running, > - I can run it without needing root access, so I can run it on any > Linux machine I have an account on[*], > - I can use it to do things that are limited to root-only, e.g. > * create device nodes on file system images, > * run wireshark to analyze network communication. > - I even use it to debug/develop code for the Amiga Zorro bus, by > adding a fake bus with fake devices ;-) As a help tool to run at the workstation, yes, by any means As a serious tool to virtualize services: no Regards -- Stano ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel
