FS#1628 - User-Mode-Linux - Bad Description

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Lukas Sabota (punkrockguy318) - Friday, 15 October 2004, 20:33 GMT
Last edited by Jason Chu (jason) - Thursday, 15 September 2005, 06:27 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jürgen Hötzel (juergen)
Architecture not specified
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The user-mode-linux description isn't very descriptive.. it's just "The Linux Kernel". This should be improved. A better way would be :
"User-Mode Linux is a safe, secure way of running Linux versions and Linux processes. Run buggy software, experiment with new Linux kernels or distributions, and poke around in the internals of Linux, all without risking your main Linux setup."

That's the description from the web-site, maybe you can come up with something better... But polish is very important, and "The linux kernel" for a linux vm just doesn't cut it.
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Closed by  Jürgen Hötzel (juergen)
Wednesday, 04 April 2007, 18:42 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  I just released 2.6.20.4 + uml_utilities 20060323
Comment by Simo Leone (neotuli) - Sunday, 06 March 2005, 17:01 GMT
How about "A safe, secure way of running Linux versions and Linux processes in userspace."
Comment by Jürgen Hötzel (juergen) - Thursday, 15 September 2005, 08:45 GMT
I'm thinking about:

"a port of the Linux kernel to its own system call interface. It provides a kind of virtual machine, which runs Linux as a user process under another Linux kernel"

I will make a 2.6 release available in a few days.
Comment by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Friday, 20 January 2006, 13:13 GMT
status ?
Comment by Jürgen Hötzel (juergen) - Friday, 20 January 2006, 13:33 GMT
I did not made a 2.6 release yet, because linux distros running on a 2.6-UML kernel assume a NPTL system. But NPTL/TLS breaks 2.6-UML.

http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/UserModeLinux-HOWTO-13.html#ss13.15

Suggestions?

Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Saturday, 11 November 2006, 19:39 GMT
ben017f has made PKGBUILD for UML 2.6.x

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=149421#149421
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=18381
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=26125
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Wednesday, 03 January 2007, 19:28 GMT
Status?
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Tuesday, 03 April 2007, 08:06 GMT
any progress?

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