Xen.org Releases Xen Type-2 Hypervisor: Xen Project KXen April 6, 2009
Posted by Yves Peeters in desktop virtualization.Tags: virtualization, Xen
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The initial public release of the Hosted Xen project (KXen) is now available. KXen lets you run the Xen core as a Type-2 VMM, on top of a regular operating system. This release supports 32-bit Windows XP, Vista and Win7 as the host operating system. This release uses a snapshot of the Xen core used in Citrix’s XenServer product. Future releases will be based on open source xen-3.4 and xen-unstable. This release is in the form of a snapshot of the latest working sources (kxen-preview-090323-src.tar.bz2) and an archive of binaries built from those sources (kxen-preview-090323-windows.zip).
Xen is the leading open source Type-1 VMM, providing a fast, robust and secure virtualization platform. KXen leverages the Xen technology, extending the range of environments in which the same core engine can be used to existing desktops, laptops and allowing scenarios like run from usb stick.
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I want to clarify that this project is being released by the open source Xen.org community and not Citrix. All projects within the open source Xen.org community are not “owned” by any company and it is important to realize the distinction. Any project within Xen.org can be taken by a company and turned into a product if they desire, however, I am not aware of any intention by Citrix to turn this project into a product.
Hi Stephan,
Thank you very much for this clarification, you are absolutely right. We have changed the title of the article accordingly.
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Roel