<s>
KIWI	B-Application
is	O
an	O
application	O
for	O
making	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
image	B-Application
sets	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
supported	O
hardware	O
platforms	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
virtualization	O
systems	O
including	O
QEMU	B-Application
,	O
Xen	B-Operating_System
and	O
VMware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
Project	O
and	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
distribution	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
employed	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
other	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
KIWI	B-Application
has	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
documentation	O
available	O
,	O
organized	O
in	O
'	O
cook	O
books	O
 '	O
which	O
guide	O
new	O
users	O
through	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
creating	O
increasingly	O
complicated	O
KIWI	B-Application
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basic	O
usage	O
requires	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
tools	O
besides	O
KIWI	B-Application
,	O
most	O
notably	O
for	O
virtualization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KIWI	B-Application
is	O
a	O
command	O
line	O
tool	O
and	O
has	O
no	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
KIWI	B-Application
is	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
organizations	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
places	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
the	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
Project	O
,	O
IBM	O
has	O
a	O
product	O
using	O
KIWI	B-Application
and	O
Dell	O
employs	O
it	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SUSE	O
Studio	O
is	O
a	O
web	O
interface	O
(	O
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
)	O
to	O
KIWI	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Build	I-Application
Service	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
graphically	O
put	O
together	O
a	O
custom	O
Linux	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
generate	O
output	O
including	O
a	O
large	O
variety	O
of	O
virtual	O
machine	O
and	O
disk	B-Application
images	I-Application
.	O
</s>
