why did FC6 install a XEN kernel on my inspiron?

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Thu Nov 9 14:24:00 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 09:56 +0100, Marcel J.E. Mol wrote:

> After installing a 'normal' kernel the network came up fine (as it did when
> installing FC6 over the net). 

At the risk of sounding clueless and/or dumb as Hell, just of what
benefit is the Xen kernel? I do not use Xen, but might want to at some
point, just for ducks. Would some one clue me in? Ric
 
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