Take the 2-minute tour ×  We run several ubuntu virtual machines
on ESX server.  In ubuntu, there are various kernels available:
• linux-generic-pae   • linux-generic   • linux-server   •
linux-virtual  Which one is the best choise for a virtual
machine running on ESX?  share|improve this question What are
the virtual machines going to do?. Desktop, servers?. Will they
need some kind of special drivers?. –  Javier Rivera Dec 23 '10
at 16:08 These are various servers, network being the only
"important" hardware. –  Vilmantas Baranauskas Jan 4 '11 at
11:09 add comment  1 Answer  up vote 4 down vote accepted  Let's
try to explain the main differences between the kernels that you
listed:    • linux-generic: This is the normal Ubuntu kernel.
The one that the distro uses as default.    • linux-generic-pae:
This is the generic kernel with PAE enabled. It will let you use
4 Gb of RAM or more in a 32bit system. You don't want it if your
using 64 bits or if you have less than 4Gb of RAM, as it has a
small performanc