<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>I'm not surprised by this. Linus and others aren't happy with Xen because their code craps all over the kernel. They want that fixed and a good API for Xen before it can become a standard part of the kernel.<br><br>I don't know what KVM is like compared to Xen.<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson@TheGeek.NU><br>To: "clue-talk" <clue-talk@cluedenver.org><br>Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:06:12 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br>Subject: [clue-talk] Red Hat dumps XEN for KVM<br><br>New Technology<br>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Provides the Foundation for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization<br><br>Red Hat has delivered the fourth update to its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, including kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) virtualization technology for the first time. Red Hat Enterprise Linux customers deploying Xen virtualization will continue to be supported through the full lifecycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. In addition to virtualization enhancements, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 also includes a broad set of hardware platform enhancements focusing on performance and scalability as well as several key feature enhancements targeted at application developers and system administrators. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 is automatically delivered to customers with an active subscription. <br><br>David L. Willson<br>Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast<br>MCT, MCSE, LPIC-1<br>tel://720.333.LANS<br>_______________________________________________<br>clue-talk mailing list<br>clue-talk@cluedenver.org<br>http://www.cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue-talk<br></div></body></html>