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QEMU Accelerator Achieves Near-Native Performance

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the one-fine-runtime dept.

An anonymous reader writes "QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation. Its sporting a new module called the 'Accelerator' which can achieve near native speeds, and currently runs on Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels. This means you could theoretically run Windows (or another OS) on a Linux machine at near native speeds without buying a commercial emulator. The catch is that although QEMU is released under various open source licenses, the Accelerator uses a free (as in beer) license because the module is a 'closed source proprietary product.' Fabrice Bellard does mention that he would consider open sourcing the Accelerator under certain conditions."

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  1. Some questions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "processor emulator" or "OS emulator"?
    "Its sporting new module" or "It's sporting a new module"?

  2. CherryOS by gbdc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Whatever happened to CherryOS?

  3. Re:cool stuff by MadChicken · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nope, I run it on my Mac OS X machine. Check out QemuX for a simple front-end.

    You might be thinking of Plex86.

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  4. Re:cool stuff by 1tsm3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why don't you stop "Wine"ing (whining) about it and give it a try?? :P

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