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Introduction to User-Mode Linux

Posted by timothy on from the users-are-not-necessarily-losers dept.

developerWorks writes "Ever wish you had a place to let your Linux applications play -- where they wouldn't hurt anything else? Do your killer apps spend too much time killing each other? Originally conceived as a kernel developer's tool, UML lets you set up multiple virtual machines that are isolated from each other and from the hardware. Now, you can test applications all the way to failure without breaking the host system -- or even requiring a reboot. Veteran administrator Carla Schroder shows you how in this tutorial."

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  1. Re:Register? by MBCook · · Score: 4, Informative
    This isn't an article, it's a free online educational course. That's why they want you to register. It's still free. Why don't you try LOOKING at things before you start to complain?

    Bye bye karma :(...

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  2. More on UML by jsse · · Score: 5, Informative

    The link requires (free)registration. It has a guide for Debian installation too. For Gentoo users, you may also look at gentoo's guide on User-Mode Linux.

  3. Re:Register? by jsse · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well said! In fact, IBM DeveloperWorks has a lot of free tutorials like you can find this one in Linux tutorial.

    It's one of the site worth giving your email address to. The biggest spam you'd get from them is just a (bi?)weekly IBM DeveloperWorks newsletter which you can easily unsubscribe.

    I'm by no mean associate with IBM, in case you wonder. :)

  4. Re:Also VMWare by LarryRiedel · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not sure what advantages user-mode Linux would have over VMWare or Bochs.

    It lets the kernel run as a regular user process, and has been developed to interact with the host in that context.

    http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/uses.html

    Larry