Re: [fedora-virt] is there a more newbie-level mailing list for fedora virt?
(More or less repeating what I said offlist)
On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 10:58 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
i ask since i'm probably doing a virtualization seminar at a
local
linux fest later this year, and i'd like to gear it towards beginners.
i realize that there is abundant online documentation on this topic,
but it's just not geared for people who are starting out.
for example, if one reads the online 'Getting started with
virtualization" here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_virtualization
the second paragraph reads as follows:
"Xen supports para-virtualized guests as well as fully virtualized
guests with para-virtualized drivers. Para-virtualization is faster
than full virtualization but does not work with non-Linux operating
systems or Linux operating system without the Xen kernel extensions.
Xen fully virtualized are slower than KVM fully virtualized guests."
Absolutely, I think the current page is a really poor intro - I'd love
to see it turn into a nice and gentle page e.g. walking people through
virt-manager and what some of the terminology means.
i'm sorry, but that's not for beginners. it just
isn't. so is
there a forum where i can chat with folks about putting together
something really and truly designed for an audience who might be
linux-savvy but need to be walked into virtualization slowly and
gently?
#virt on irc.oftc.net would be a good place.
Honestly, though, best thing is to just get started writing and post
drafts here for people to pick apart :-)
(You don't need to ask for permission to edit the wiki pages either -
any bit of help getting in shape is hugely appreciated)
Cheers,
Mark.