Technology Preview: CoreOS Linux and xhyve | Linux Today

Technology Preview: CoreOS Linux and xhyve

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 15, 2015

xyhve is a port of bhyve, the FreeBSD hypervisor, to OS X. It is designed to run off-the-shelf Linux distros. We’ve made it possible to run it on CoreOS Linux so you can get the benefits of a lightweight Linux OS running under a lightweight hypervisor on Macs. It is now possible to launch a full local development or testing environment with just a few shell commands.

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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