On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote: > >> Not getting Xen into the kernel earlier is going to be Xen's downfall. >> > > XEN will never make into the kernel. Period. I never paid any attention > to Xen but I had to lately for get Windows virtualized for new Centos > desktops here at the school. What is the first thing that Centos 5 loaded? > > The XEN kernel. Then the Linux guest in dom-0. > > I was dismayed. Why was Linux running on top of XEN? > > Now, I know why. I found this: > > http://blog.codemonkey.ws/2008/05/truth-about-kvm-and-xen.html > > XEN is not a Linux solution. For this reason, I am glad that Redhat > bought KVM and will further develop this proper Linux solution to > virtualization on Linux rather than depending on a third-party for > virtualization. Good riddance XEN. > > No more worries about getting XEN compatible drivers for accelerated > desktops while running a Windows HVM guest. > > So I will be kissing Centos 5 bye bye for the school desktops and > switching to Ubuntu Hardy. When RHEL6 and therefore Centos 6 comes out, > hopefully I can come back to Centos... There are other virtualization solutions that run with/on CentOS.... mhr