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Linux Gains Two New Virtualization Solutions

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the almost-as-good-as-the-real-thing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The upcoming 2.6.23 kernel has gained two new virtualization solutions. According to KernelTrap, both Xen and lguest have been merged into the mainline kernel. These two virtualization solutions join the already merged KVM, offering Linux multiple ways to run multiple virtual machines each running their own OS."

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  1. Re:I RTFA twice and thought to myself... by brunes69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once considered writing a kernel emacs accelerator module, but later decided it would be easier to just run Linux inside of emacs!

  2. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You forgot the school bus

  3. Re:Why? by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

    bus error: driver not found.

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  4. GPU support question by JustNiz · · Score: 4, Funny

    So do any of these solutions support 3D graphics (nvidia) hardware?
    The only reason I currently have a windows partition at all is for gaming.

    Being able to run Windows 3D games in a VM would allow me to move to a Linux-only box and also give me a nice way of:
    * managing the way windows keeps grabbing diskspace
    * remove the need to go through reinstalling/reactivating windows every 6 months or so
    * limiting the damage Windows virusses can do
    * limiting all the phone-home comms with Microsoft that windows keeps doing