Open source virtualization projects

The following table is a list of open source virtualization projects in Linux:

Project	Virtualization Type	Project URL
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)	Full virtualization	http://www.linux-kvm.org/
VirtualBox	Full virtualization	https://www.virtualbox.org/
Xen	Full and paravirtualization	http://www.xenproject.org/
Lguest	Paravirtualization	http://lguest.ozlabs.org/
UML (User Mode Linux)		http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/
Linux-VServer		http://www.linux-vserver.org/Welcome_to_Linux-VServer.org

In upcoming sections, we will discuss Xen and KVM, which are the leading open source virtualization solutions in Linux.

Xen

Xen originated at the University of Cambridge as a research ...

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