Virtualization, like Emulation, hosts one platform on another.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.qemu.org/
A platform emulator thingy thing. With powerful features and stuff.
I haven’t really directly used it, except briefly with MultiBootUSB where it didn’t have mouse support.
(on Wikipedia)
https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git
https://xenproject.org/ [ 1 ] was http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/
A virtual machine program.
It installs fine, but i have no clue how to run it.
Footnotes
Software >
(on Wikipedia)
https://bochs.sourceforge.io/
A total-platform emulator, primarily used for building and debugging operating systems.
Doesn’t utilize any host CPU virtualization features, therefore is slower than most virtualization.
Platform / Computer / Hardware > Operating System > Operating environment > Software > Projects (or whatever)
Computers is currently particular to IBM PC-compatible computers. e.g. what everyday people have been incorrectly calling a “Windows PC”.
Virtualization and Emulation host one platform on another.
See also:
probably more coming later
Platforms, Computers, Software >
Emulation, like Virtualization, hosts one platform on another.
Compatibility layers are lumped in with emulation.
See also:
- Gaming, a very heavy influence.
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Legacy software, another purpose for emulation.
