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The following Cloud Operating Systems are currently of interest to the Xen Project:
The following Cloud Operating Systems are currently of interest to the Xen Project:


* [http://www.openmirage.org/ MirageOS], an official [http://xenproject.org/developers/teams/mirage-os.html incubator effort] of Xen Project, employs an OCaml-based kernel
* [http://www.openmirage.org/ MirageOS], an official [http://xenproject.org/developers/teams/mirage-os.html incubator effort] of Xen Project, employs an OCaml-based kernel. See the [http://www.slideshare.net/xen_com_mgr/mirage-extreme-specialization-of-cloud-appliances Presentation].
* [http://erlangonxen.org/ LING (formerly Erlang on Xen)] creates an Erlang runtime environment. See the [http://www.slideshare.net/vsovietov/erlang-dnipro-2014-erlangonxen Presentation].
* [http://erlangonxen.org/ LING (formerly Erlang on Xen)] creates an Erlang runtime environment. See the [http://www.slideshare.net/vsovietov/erlang-dnipro-2014-erlangonxen Presentation].
* [https://github.com/GaloisInc/HaLVM#readme HaLVM], the Haskell Lightweight Virtual Machine from [http://corp.galois.com/halvm Galois], allows you to run Haskell programs. See the [http://www.slideshare.net/xen_com_mgr/the-halvm-a-simple-platform-for-simple-platforms Presentation].
* [https://github.com/GaloisInc/HaLVM#readme HaLVM], the Haskell Lightweight Virtual Machine from [http://corp.galois.com/halvm Galois], allows you to run Haskell programs. See the [http://www.slideshare.net/xen_com_mgr/the-halvm-a-simple-platform-for-simple-platforms Presentation].

Revision as of 01:42, 29 May 2014

Xen Project has been at the forefront of the birth of Cloud Operating Systems: specialized lightweight operating systems which are only intended to be used within a Virtual Machine. These Cloud Operating Systems may become the core of a new form of cloud, where a single hypervisor instance can support hundreds or even thousands of VMs.

Cloud Operating System List

The following Cloud Operating Systems are currently of interest to the Xen Project: