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Virtualization with KVM

By Irfan Habib 
Introducing KVM, its internals and how to configure and install it. more>>

VirtualBox: Bits and Bytes Masquerading as Machines

By Jon Watson 
Using virtualization to turn your ho-hum desktop into a computer cluster. more>>

Virtualize a Server with Minimal Downtime

By Kyle Rankin 
When it's time to convert a physical machine to a virtual one, use these steps to make the move safely and with a small maintenance window. more>>

Cooking with Linux - It's a Virtual World

By Marcel Gagné 
Virtualization is such a strange world, particularly when applied to an otherwise, sometimes equally strange world. more>>

Virtualization 2.0: Where the Sidewalk Ends

By Kevin Epstein 
With VMware launching an IPO with no peak in sight and XenSource a red-hot acquisition by Citrix, it's clear that server virtualization is the flavor of the moment. But, additional challenges are faced by all hypervisor vendors and users: performance and connectivity to local data networks and to storage. The answer? Virtualization 2.0—infrastructure virtualization. more>>

The Best of Both Worlds

By Dashamir Hoxha 
Running Linux inside Windows using QEMU. more>>

Cooking with Linux - Still Searching for the Ultimate Linux Distro?

By Marcel Gagné 
Why does a person install one Linux, then another, and then yet another? Because a person can, of course! Such is the nature of choice, and Linux gives you a choice...and what a selection. more>>

New Products

By James Gray 
Message Partners' MPP, Scalix, VMLogix's LabManager and more. more>>

Running Network Services under User-Mode Linux, Part I

By Mick Bauer 
Leverage the Linux kernel's virtualization features to isolate network dæmons. more>>

VMware Workstation 5.5 for Linux Hosts

By Mick Bauer 
Is VMware a compelling purchase in the face of free virtualization competition? more>>

User-Mode Linux

By Matthew E. Hoskins 
User-mode Linux lets you do tricks like run a safely isolated Debian 3.1 on Fedora 4. more>>

QEMU: a Multihost, Multitarget Emulator

By Daniel Bartholomew 
QEMU comes to the rescue for those times when VMware is overkill. more>>

Xen

By Irfan Habib 
Xen is a hypervisor virtual machine that runs multiple open-source operating systems. more>>

Cooking with Linux - The Virtual Streets of $HOME

By Marcel Gagné 
Use Linux to visit virtual consoles, cities and battle zones. more>>
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