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    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a free and open-source virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor...
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    management of virtual machines and containers. It is based on a modified Ubuntu LTS kernel. Two types of virtualization are supported: container-based with LXC...
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  • or virtualized guests. While not directly linked, Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) can use KSM to merge memory pages occupied by virtual machines. KSM...
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    QEMU (category Free virtualization software)
    machine, enabling it to run a variety of guest operating systems. It can interoperate with Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) to run virtual machines...
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  • contrasts with operating-system–level virtualization, where all instances (usually called containers) must share a single kernel, though the guest operating systems...
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  • Qumranet (category Virtualization software)
    software company offering a desktop virtualization platform based on hosted desktops in Kernel-based Virtual Machines (KVM) on servers, linked with their...
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  • is otherwise known as the vmkernel component. The Linux kernel was the primary virtual machine; it was invoked by the service console. At normal run-time...
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  • Libguestfs (category Virtual machines)
    implemented using the Kernel-based Virtual Machine for the Linux kernel. Free and open-source software portal Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) QEMU libvirt...
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  • OS-level virtualization is an operating system (OS) virtualization paradigm in which the kernel allows the existence of multiple isolated user space instances...
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  • In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization or emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and...
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