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XCP-ng is a Linux distribution of the Xen Project, [1] with pre-configured Xen Hypervisor and the Xen API project (XAPI) working out-of-the-box.The project was born in 2018, following the fork of Citrix XenServer (which became "Citrix Hypervisor" and now "XenServer" again).
Xen Project runs in a more privileged CPU state than any other software on the machine, except for firmware.. Responsibilities of the hypervisor include memory management and CPU scheduling of all virtual machines ("domains"), and for launching the most privileged domain ("dom0") - the only virtual machine whch by default has direct access to hardware.
The virtualization technology that led to XenDesktop was first developed in 2000 through an open-source hypervisor research project led by Ian Pratt at the University of Cambridge called Xen Project for x86.
Oracle VM Server for x86 is a server virtualization offering from Oracle Corporation.Oracle VM Server for x86 incorporates the free and open-source Xen hypervisor technology, supports Windows, Linux, and Solaris [3] guests and includes an integrated Web based management console.
XenClient was announced as "Project Independence", a joint project with Intel in January 2009. [2] XenClient 1.0 was released by Citrix in September 2010 after working with partners such as Intel, Dell, HP, and Microsoft. [3]
The precursor to Virtual Apps was called WinFrame, a multi-user operating system based on Windows NT 3.51. [8] Released in 1995, WinFrame was one of the first products distributed by Citrix. [2]
Qubes OS is a security-focused desktop operating system that aims to provide security through isolation. [5] Isolation is provided through the use of virtualization technology.
XenMan is a Xen Hypervisor management tool with a graphical user interface that allows a user to perform the standard set of operations (start, stop, pause, kill, shutdown, reboot, snapshot, etc...) in addition to some higher level operations such as the creation of a guest domain (which includes the creation of the configuration file, the retrieval of appropriate kernels and initial ram disks ...