Virtual machine OSs and systems like Xen are often used to run multiple copies of the same guest OS. What are some advantages of this approach over running a single copy of the guest OS directly on the hardware?

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Q: an advantage for a Preemptive Scheduler in an OS

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Q: Why did the initial Linux developers chose to create a kernel that is not preemptible? In a…

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Linux

An operating system (OS) is the software which manages hardware and resources, like CPU, storage and memory. The OS bridges the applications and hardware and makes the connections between all of your software and the hardware resources.