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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Tue,  8 Jul 2008 15:01:34 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] why not Lvx for Plan 9?
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> there's a certain level of administration required, sure, but i think
> eric's point was that the level of administration required just to get
> a good VM environment up is pretty minimal. if your VM has its own
> access to disk and network, you needn't have linux users or full
> network information. especially if your linux has been gutted so you
> don't have "helpful" demons running around in the background, this
> can be a fairly light - and front-loaded - burden. non-zero, to be
> sure, but not what you'd expect from a normal production linux box.
> anthony

are you taking security updates into account.  they're the #1 biggest
timewaster for me and they're not front loaded.

- erik