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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. 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.

  2. could this be... by zogger · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...could this be a possible way to have "more" security while running and hooked to the net? Is there any angle here to make the virtual OS that's connected be totally locked away from the actual OS that runs everything, so that in the event of a major "owning" you could delete that virtual system, then reproduce it easily from a "spare" OS with it's set of apps that's already installed and clean? Sort of like the knoppix idea?