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The Need for Improved Virtualization Virtualization technology enables more efficient utilization of hardware resources by allowing multiple virtual machines (VMs) to run on a single physical server. However, existing virtualization solutions based on hypervisors have limitations including substantial performance overhead. For example, the guest VM communicates with virtualized hardware through emulated device drivers which adds…

Understanding Package Management Systems Package managers are essential software tools that automate the process of installing, upgrading, configuring and removing computer programs on Linux and BSD systems. They manage software packages and associated dependencies, serving as centralized systems for maintaining up-to-date software. Popular package managers on Linux distributions include dpkg (Debian Package Manager) and Advanced…