From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PK8j4-000338-D0 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:08:58 +0000 Received: from www.meduna.org ([92.240.244.38] helo=meduna.org) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) id 1PK8j1-0002oH-Oh for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:08:58 +0000 Received: from dial-78-141-95-31-orange.orange.sk ([78.141.95.31] helo=[192.168.130.27]) by meduna.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PK75K-0006VD-PB for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:23:55 +0100 Message-ID: <4CE8F332.3050205@meduna.org> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:23:46 +0100 From: Stanislav Meduna MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20101118114143.GB23698@cs.unibo.it> In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [uml-devel] user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Jeff Dike List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On 21.11.2010 10:35, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> * user-mode-linux: dead or alive? >>>From a plain user's view: basically dead Why? See e.g. http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/downloads.html SKAS3 is against 2.6.23 and unmaintained (my problem with skas3 corrupting floating point registers did not get fixed two years ago, although I tracked it to the skas3 and provided a complete example to reproduce it). SKAS4 is against 2.6.24 and marked as experimental. So what should a new user searching for a virtualization soultion take from it? Maybe there is an active development running, but I don't see it, alhough I am following the uml-devel. Having an unmaintained old and experimental new version is a sure way to hell for any software product, free or non-free... > Personally, I like UML because > - It's easy to get it running, > - I can run it without needing root access, so I can run it on any > Linux machine I have an account on[*], > - I can use it to do things that are limited to root-only, e.g. > * create device nodes on file system images, > * run wireshark to analyze network communication. > - I even use it to debug/develop code for the Amiga Zorro bus, by > adding a fake bus with fake devices ;-) As a help tool to run at the workstation, yes, by any means As a serious tool to virtualize services: no Regards -- Stano ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel