On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 16:25 -0600, John Thompson wrote: > On 2008-01-18, John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > John Thompson wrote: > >> On 2008-01-18, John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>> I like to run xen-capable CPUs and this adds to the problems. First, > >>> with xen: > >>> I like to use a framebuffer console. It's a while since I tried on the > >>> Dell so we'll ignore that for the moment. > >> > >> Out of curiousity, what is the advantage of the xen kernel? I notice it > >> was installed when I installed FC8, and it seems to run fine, but why > >> exactly would I want to use it? > > > xen is a tool that enables one to run several virtual computers on one > > real computer. For example, I can boot the Xenified kernel for F8 and > > the run Windows on that (with newer CPUs). > > What advantage does xen have over, say, VMware? I bought a "hobbyist" > license for VMware many years back when they still offered that option, > and found it worked pretty well. > > -- > > John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx) Many and none at the same time :) A better question would be "What are you looking for in a Virtual Environment". I've been using both for quite some time now, although I haven't used XenSource, the commercial implementation of Xen. It also really depends if you are using your virtualization in a commercial environment or just as a "hobbyist". At work we have the whole VMWare Infrastructure thing going on, Fibre-Channel SAN and all. For personal stuff I use Xen because I prefer Open Source, like the performance of para-virtualization (VMWare doesn't support that yet, but they are working on it with IBM, RedHat, and XenSource --> http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/paravirtualization.html ), and I don't use Windows. If you do a google search for "xen vs vmware", many good articles come up. --Tim ____________________________________________________ / An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. \ \ -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI" / ---------------------------------------------------- \ \ \ \ /\ ( ) .( o ).
