Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Feb 2008 22:49 UTC
Heading in a different direction from its main rivals, Ubuntu Linux will use KVM as its primary virtualization software. Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server both use the Xen virtualization software, a 'hypervisor' layer that lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer. In contrast, the KVM software runs on top of a version of Linux, the 'host' operating system that provides a foundation for other 'guest' operating systems to run in a virtual mode.
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2005-07-20
What percentage of PCs do you think were bought in the last year ???
If it was 90% then people would not be complaining about Microsoft Vista, because their PCs would run that too.
People have computers that work perfectly well that are 2, 3, 4, 5 (or more) years old.
SO ... this is a problem on the home desktop, where Ubuntu is mostly used currently.
And it will take years before desktop virtualisation hits mainstream. If it ever will.