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Subject: user-mode Linux port 0.2-2.3.31 released
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 13:09:20 -0500
From: Jeff Dike <jdike@karaya.com>

Version 0.2-2.3.31 of the user-mode port is available.

The user-mode Linux kernel is a port of the Linux kernel to its own system 
call interface. It runs in a set of processes, resulting in a user-mode 
virtual machine. It is a nearly fully-functional 2.3.31 kernel, lacking only 
preemption and kernel modules.

Its hardware support includes block devices, a console, virtual consoles, a 
serial line, and a network device.

People who should try it out include:
	developers who want to do kernel development and debugging in user space with 
gdb, gprof, gcov, etc
	 anyone who wants to safely try out the latest kernel
	 anyone who wants to try out new distributions
		the terminally curious who want to poke around inside a running system.

				Jeff