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User-Mode Linux Merged Into 2.5 Kernel

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the more-linux-in-your-linux dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With little fanfare, User Mode-Linux (UML) has been merged into Linus' BitKeeper tree. The merge followed a patch by UML author Jeff Dike, resynching UML with the 2.5.34 development kernel. From the UML homepage, User-Mode Linux provides you with a virtual machine that offers 'a safe, secure way of running Linux versions and Linux processes. Run buggy software, experiment with new Linux kernels or distributions, and poke around in the internals of Linux, all without risking your main Linux setup.'" There's more UML resources available at the community site.

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  1. fp for love by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fp!!!!! fp!!!!!

  2. long time coming.. by stratjakt · · Score: 2, Troll

    I'd imagine there are alot of "weekend warriors" who would dabble more, and possibly contribute, but hold back not wanting to screw up their system.

    Maybe linux development will speed up a bit.

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  3. but... but... but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    butt anus!

  4. Our Love Story! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    nO one but you can make me feel like I can touch the sky!
    make me feel so high!
    you taught me how to lie!
    no one but you
    has ever touched me in a way so true
    you make this world better
    and it's forever me and you

  5. Redhat bloatware by eyeball · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's official. The Linux kernel is now larget than the Microsoft Word executible.

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  6. Wow by Gizzmonic · · Score: -1, Troll

    I can't think of something I give less of a fuck about.

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