Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2315 mails)

["Alexey Eremenko" <al4321@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

I would like to take some time discussing virtualization inside
openSUSE Linux OS.

The main point I have is that openSUSE is very focused on one approach
and solution, namely : Xen.

As a Linux community-member I would like to request making openSUSE
more virtualization-vendor neutral.

I know, that besides Xen, openSUSE includes other solutions, such as:
boxhs/(k)qemu/kvm/virtualbox and some VMware tools, which is good.
openSUSE 11 also offers Lguest and virtual bridge configuration via
Yast, so things are progressing.

The main point is that those other solutions are absolutely not
visible from Yast.

When a user opens Yast, it automatically recommends the user to
install Xen and reboot into Xen kernel, and besides
that the documentation is very Xen-centric.

So far we have 3 problems with virtualization in openSUSE, as I see it:
1. Yast offers Xen-only virtualization
2. Documentation explains about Xen, but not mentions other solutions at all
3. openSUSE lacks container-type virtualization (OpenVZ / cgroups)

Now, with latest predictions that Citrix might drop Xen in favor of
Hyper-V, we absolutely need - not to reject Xen - but at least become
more vendor neutral.

Link to article:
http://www.brianmadden.com/blog/BrianMadden/Prediction-Citrix-will-drop-the-open-source-Xen-hypervisor-for-Hyper-V

I want to open feature-requests, but before that I prefer doing some
open discussion.
What do you think of it?

-- 
-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"
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