From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932406AbXDBPnP (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:43:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932508AbXDBPnO (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:43:14 -0400 Received: from mail.nagafix.co.uk ([194.145.196.85]:46659 "EHLO mail.nagafix.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932406AbXDBPnO (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:43:14 -0400 Message-ID: <4611248C.6030804@nagafix.co.uk> Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:43:08 +0100 From: Antoine Martin User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070304) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Dike CC: Blaisorblade , devzero@web.de, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [RFC] UML kernel & rootfs bundle with every kernel release ? References: <1712880100@web.de> <200704012108.14597.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> <46100EF5.7040802@nagafix.co.uk> <20070402020530.GA589@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <4610D937.20002@nagafix.co.uk> <20070402145530.GB6179@c2.user-mode-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20070402145530.GB6179@c2.user-mode-linux.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jeff Dike wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 11:21:43AM +0100, Antoine Martin wrote: >> Just like the network auto-configuration via dhcp, it would allow users >> to download images+kernel and run them like appliances without >> understanding anything about X or UML, just click and run. > > True, but I don't see that as being revolutionary. If people are > going to run a VM, presumably they have some purpose in mind, but how > often does that purpose involve having a GUI? I think the GUI is more important for new users than anyone else. Antoine