KVM, the Linux kernel hypervisor, is the up-and-coming enterprise virtualization contender. It’s lean, mean, fast, and runs unmodified guest operating systems with ease. In this crash course we’ll ...

Breaking step with leading Linux sellers Red Hat and Novell, Canonical's next version of Ubuntu will make KVM its "main virtualization focus." Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Recently, KVM added a new networking feature, "macvtap", which is a method of reducing overhead in virtualized guests for accessing the network. Regular QEMU KVM sets up a network bridge, and then ...

Are you looking for a reliable virtualization package to run multiple virtual machines that handle unmodified Linux or Windows images? Then look no further than your existing Linux configuration. It ...

Virtualization has become a fundamental technology in the world of computing, allowing organizations and individuals alike to maximize their hardware resources, improve efficiency, and enhance ...

Virtualization has made a lot of progress during the last decade, primarily due to the development of myriad open-source virtual machine hypervisors. This progress has almost eliminated the barriers ...

Are there any issues with running multiple (4) Windows Server 2008 virtual machines on Ubuntu? This is not for production, just test and development. I'll be using the trial version of Win2k8 from ...

The HyperBack feature in ActiveImage Protector™ 2022 provides agentless backup capabilities for Linux KVM virtual machines. Linux KVM has become a widely adopted open-source virtualization platform, ...

This article is excerpted from Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration: From Novice to Professional, by Sander van Vugt, and is reprinted by permission of APress. All ...