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gpg: aka "Andy Smith (BitFolk Ltd.) <andy@bitfolk.com>"
gpg: aka "Andy Smith (Linux User Groups UK) <andy@lug.org.uk>"
gpg: aka "Andy Smith (Cernio Technology Cooperative) <andy.smith@cernio.com>"
Hi,
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 03:13:45PM +0000, Tony Whitmore wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:01:13 +0000, Alan Pope <alan@???> wrote:
> > Also note that Ubuntu supports LTS to LTS release upgrades. So when
> > the next LTS comes out (_probably_ 10.04) then you should be able to
> > go direct from 8.04 to 10.04.
>
> However, since Ubuntu have deprecated Xen as their preferred virtualisation
> solution as passed maintenance to the community, presumably that means a
> fault free upgrade isn't guaranteed?*
Well it isn't quite as bad as that because eventually the pvops
support in the upstream Linux kernel should allow the normal Ubuntu
kernel to function in a Xen domU. They have just been a bit too
quick (IMHO) in going that way.
I don't think there is much point in speculating about what things
will be like in 2013, or even 2011 as regards to Linux
virtualisation other than that I'm sure it will still be going
strong in one form or another. I don't know if Bitfolk will still
be using Xen then, or if KVM or other technologies will be in use.
The release of the next LTS in 2010 will indeed be the interesting
time.
Cheers,
Andy
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