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Qemu a Virtualization System for Open Source World

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There are so many attractive aspects to QEMU, it's hard to know where to start. For example, on Linux, running it in "user-mode emulation" allows you to execute a Linux app written for a CPU other than the one running in your host system. QEMU intercepts calls to the Linux kernel -- from the guest app -- and manages the marshalling of data in both directions.

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mvermeer ·
qemu is part of the scratchbox system for cross-developing software for handhelds. I used it to crosscompile one piece of software for ARM on Intel. And then try to run it...

(written on Nokia's 770 tablet pc ;-)

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