Linux-on-Linux

[Clinton MacDonald]

Mr. Hirschfeld et alia:

(Unfortunately, this post will not answer your question, and might be 
considered off-topic for that reason.)

R. Hirschfeld wrote:
> There's been recent discussion about both Mac-on-Linux
> and Linux-on-Mac, but how about Linux-on-Linux? [...]

I have been trying to follow these discussions, but I must be missing 
some essential piece of understanding on this topic. What does everyone 
mean by "Mac-on-Linux," "Linux-on-Mac," and the like? Is this what is 
realized in an emulator such as Virtual PC, in running an instance of 
the Mac operating system in a window such as MOL in Yellow Dog Linux, or 
in running a virtual machine like the Java engine?

In any of those cases, why would one want to run "Linux-on-Linux"? Isn't 
the booted instance of Linux good enough? What am I missing?

Thanks!

Best wishes,
Clint

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Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal DOT net>