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Virtual Machines

wikipedia:virtual machine

terminology:

Host hardware / Host OS
Guest hardware / Guest OS

Software Appliance / Virtual Appliance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines

an example :

MediaWiki appliance
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Appliance:MediaWiki_Appliance
rAP (rPath Appliance Platform)

products

Depending on time and interest we may want to download / install / try out one of these ...

I can demo VMWare in class, which is installed on my laptop. - Jim

VMWare - commerical

host hardware: x86
host OS: Microsoft, Linux, Mac

Usermode Linux

http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/

"User-Mode Linux is a safe, secure way of running Linux versions and Linux processes. Run buggy software, experiment with new Linux kernels or distributions, and poke around in the internals of Linux, all without risking your main Linux setup."

QEMU (GPL)

http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/
host hardware: x86, x86_64, PowerPC
guest hardware: x86, SPARC, PowerPC, MIPS

download : http://www.kju-app.org/kju/

for windows : http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/
for Mac : http://www.kju-app.org/kju/

FreeOsZoo

http://www.oszoo.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

appliances

rPath / rBuilder / rMake / Conary

vmware

http://www.vmware.com/appliances/

http://xen-get.org/

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