Virtualization

[D. Hageman]

Jason D. Clinton wrote:
> Others have addressed KDE 4 so I'll skip that.
> 
> As for virtualization, I would recommend KVM which is the accelerated 
> code-base of QEmu. For example, you would modprobe -i intel-kvm and then 
> run the same syntax as the earlier posted who used qemu. It requires 
> that your processor has VT support.
> 
> As for Xen, kernel developers seem to agree that Xen will never be 
> merged in to mainline because its patches are far too intrusive and 
> manipulative. That, and I've read a number of blogs about bizzare 
> hardware issues. In the web hosting space it makes a lot more sense--the 
> desktop space is just too video and audio driver-ladden.
> 

Xen was merged into the mainstream kernel last July(ish).

If the distro you use comes with Xen and management tools for Xen then 
that is probably the best option.

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D. Hageman                        <dhageman at dracken.com>
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