RE: Linux is moving too fast

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Leif Sawyer wrote:

> So, basically, it's a Vmware replacement, with a slightly more-community
> driven focus. Kind of the
> MySQL/AB model, where there's an open source version and a commercial
> version with more features.
>
> One of the "cool" features is a built-in RDP server, so you can drive
> your VM's headless. VMware would force you to start in a separate
> X-server, if you wanted to keep it away from the "desktop", but that
> means more resources used. So, the RDP bit could come in handy.

Vmware Server does something similar, I believe.

> I used it to run the original test build of the OLPC image, and that
> seemed to work pretty well.
> I haven't updated it or booted any other images recently. Just
> downloaded the 1.5.2 build, so
> maybe that'll fix my weird issues.

Sounds like yet another option for virtualization, but nothing
groundbreaking. Compared to Vmware, what's the difference in I/O
performance? Any impressions as to how much overhead the virtualization
takes up?

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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Received on Wed Oct 24 12:22:55 2007