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Sun runs virtual Linux inside Solaris Containers


When Solaris Containers for Linux Applications is released into the source code with Update 4 on Aug. 27, Sun customers will be able to run unmodified Linux binaries made for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS.

Formerly called BrandZ, Solaris Containers for Linux Applications is an upgrade to the Containers operating system virtualization technology already included in Solaris 10. The update will be released at no charge to existing Solaris customers.

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  1. [...] to support Linux, that’s a great boost to an already wonderful technology.  Check out the article at Solaris Central.  In case anyone missed it, I posted a script a while back for creating zones in Solaris 10.  [...]

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