Am Samstag 08 November 2008 17:34:08 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > A virtual appliance is similar, only that the operating system+software > is preinstalled in an image, and comes along with a virtualization > solution to run it -- you can use it inside an existing host system, and > don't have to install the actual software at all. Only the > virtualization solution interacts with the host system, while the actual > software is completely isolated.
In easy words: It's a off-the-rack system I can rent from someone. For example a webserver which just offers an online shop and looks like a dedicated server, but in truth is just a virtual OS on a shared server. And the Hurd would allow to do that without the overhead of having to keep a full system for each off-the-rack system. Only the user-data would have to be stored for each virtual system. Did I get it right? Best wishes, Arne -- -- My stuff: http://draketo.de - stories, songs, poems, programs and stuff :) -- Infinite Hands: http://infinite-hands.draketo.de - singing a part of the history of free software. -- Ein Würfel System: http://1w6.org - einfach saubere (Rollenspiel-) Regeln. -- PGP/GnuPG: http://draketo.de/inhalt/ich/pubkey.txt
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