Windows and XEN

In my workplace, I am "forced" to use Windows because of only one thing. The need for IE in some cases. Without IE requirement, my desktop could have been Windows-free. With this scenario, I have two boxes, one loaded with Linux, one loaded with Windows.

But recent development with Xen will finally allow me to virtualize Windows inside my Linux. I could save a snapshot of a running IE then save it. Then I could immediately restore the scenario by loading the saved image. All these are possible through virtualization, moreso, with the open source Xen. Support for WinXP will be out in the next release, Xen 3.0.

Here is a picture that will change in future:


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