Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Oct 2008 22:08 UTC, submitted by diegocg
Kexec is a feature that allows to boot kernels from a working kernel. It was originally intended for use by kernel and system developers who had to reboot several times a day. Soon, system administrators for high-availability servers found use for it as well. As systems get more and more advanced, and boot times get longer, end users can now benefit from it.
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About eight years ago was when it had its roots, and when many people saw that their real operating system running on real hardware was going to get gradually throttled.
When all that didn't work out we recently got OpenSolaris, and there seems to have been a new war now using that for whatever reason. Meanwhile, few others seem to care apart from those with a sense of humour. 
Edited 2008-10-17 22:07 UTC
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2008-06-29
When did the OpenSolaris/Linux wars begin?