User-Mode Linux for Apple PowerPC G5

Derick Centeno aguilarojo at verizon.net
Mon Jan 17 08:58:29 MST 2005


Hi Clint:
Refer to this link for your answer; it is very clear.  It is not even
worth it for me to repeat what it says. It's pretty interesting as a
concept though.

http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/

Best wishes...

On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 10:52, Clinton MacDonald wrote:
> Friends:
> 
> This is probably important (but I do not understand it all):
> 
> "LynuxWorks(TM) Inc. today introduced the industry's first PowerPC 
> version of User-Mode Linux (UML) based on the latest Linux(TM) 2.6 
> kernel and available for the Apple PowerPC G5, the world's first 64-bit 
> desktop processor."(caution: long-ass URL):
> 
> <http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050117005195&newsLang=en>
> 
> Perhaps someone could explain to me (and to this list) what is 
> "user-mode Linux," and how it differs from the GNU/Linux with which you 
> and I are familiar.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Clint



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