Interview: Avi Kivity | Linux Today

Interview: Avi Kivity

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 24, 2007

“Avi Kivity is the lead developer and maintainer of the
Kernel-based Virtual Machine project, better known as kvm. The
project was started in mid-2006, and has been part of the Linux
kernel since the 2.6.20 release in February of 2007. kvm is a full
virtualization system for x86-based Linux hosts, allowing users to
run isolated x86 guest operating systems in virtual machines.

“In this interview, Avi talks about the current status of the
kvm project, detailing what kvm is, how it works, and how it
differs from other virtualization projects. He goes on to examine
future plans for improving stability and performance…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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