Sean Miller wrote:
On 1/12/08, *Alan Pope* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 09:53:13PM +0000, Chris Rowson wrote:
> Are you entirely sure chaps?
>
> I thought JeOS was a bare-bones operating system designed for people
> to base virtual appliances on.
>
Tht makes more sense, yes :)
I don't actually understand this at all...
I, like you, thought that JeOS would be the base operating system and
then you'd install VMWare on that and then the Operating System on top
of that, hence cutting out the overhead of a large bloated core
operating system.
I think I'm missing something, but if anybody could explain the
rationale behind running JeOS in a virtual machine I'd be grateful...
Sean
When you're building a distributable virtual appliance you want your OS
to be start as small as possible. If you use Ubuntu Server you've got a
lot more unnecessary bloat to cut down on. Virtual machines tend to run
specific tasks, rather than be multi-function servers. Resources in a VM
are also more precious than on a host OS because they are rationed by
the host software.
Regards,
Tom
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