1. Linux 2.6 Preview
For those interested in what's happening in the Linux world...
http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html
By the sounds of it, Linux is about to become a *serious* operating system
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Derek Parnell
2. Re: Linux 2.6 Preview
- Posted by gertie at visionsix.com
Jul 15, 2003
On 15 Jul 2003, at 15:04, Derek Parnell wrote:
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> For those interested in what's happening in the Linux world...
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> http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html
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> By the sounds of it, Linux is about to become a *serious* operating system
Virtualizing Linux
One of the most interesting new features in Linux 2.6 is its inclusion of a
"user-
mode" architecture. This is essentially a port (like to a different hardware
family)
of Linux to itself, allowing for a completely virtualized Linux-on-Linux
environment
to be run. The new instance of Linux runs as if it was a normal application.
"Inside" the application, you can configure fake network interfaces,
filesystems,
and other devices through special drivers which communicate up to the host copy
of Linux in a secure way. This has proved quite useful, both for development
purposes (profiling, etc.) as well as for security analysis and honeypots. While
most users will never need this kind of support, it is an incredibly "cool"
feature to
have running on your box. (Impress your friends!)
Sorta like linux could execute itself as a string, yes?
Kat
3. Re: Linux 2.6 Preview
Derek wrote:
> For those interested in what's happening in the Linux world...
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> http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html
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> By the sounds of it, Linux is about to become a *serious* operating system
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It seems like my old 8 Mhz Mac Classic will be able to run Linux with the
uCLinux
patches 
Martin
4. Re: Linux 2.6 Preview
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 02:27:46AM -0500, gertie at visionsix.com wrote:
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> Sorta like linux could execute itself as a string, yes?
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> Kat
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If you look beyond the analogy its a completely different thing.
It is just a tiny bit closer to eu.ex. (Since eu.ex is the interpreter
running under itself, and what you quoted was about linux running under
itself.... a buitlin eval() wouldn't even that that much in common.)
They are all a 'thing-on-a-thing' (or rather 'thing-on-itself') sort of
concept tho.
jbrown
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5. Re: Linux 2.6 Preview
jbrown wrote:
> They are all a 'thing-on-a-thing' (or rather 'thing-on-itself') sort of
> concept tho.
"Ceci n'est pas une pipe" **
-- David Cuny
** "This is not a pipe"
http://www.uwrf.edu/history/prints/magritte-pipe.html
6. Re: Linux 2.6 Preview
On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 10:46:05AM -0700, David Cuny wrote:
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> jbrown wrote:
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> > They are all a 'thing-on-a-thing' (or rather 'thing-on-itself') sort of
> > concept tho.
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> "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" **
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> -- David Cuny
Huh? Thats just confusing.
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> ** "This is not a pipe"
> http://www.uwrf.edu/history/prints/magritte-pipe.html
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