Operating system management

A method managing operating systems comprising:

• generating, using a processor of a mobile computing device, a backup image of a first operating system associated with a first operating environment in which the mobile computing device was previously used;
• changing, using the processor, an operating para meter of the mobile computing device based on a domain change, wherein the domain change represents:
• a physical change in location of the mobile computing device from a first geographic location having a first network to a second geographic location having a second network;
• and
• a change in a network security level from the first network to the second network;
• selecting, using the processor based on the changed operating parameter, a second operating system to be instantiated from a library of operating systems;
• instantiating, using the processor and based the domain change, a copy-on-write virtual computing system executing the second operating system associated with a second operating environment in which the mobile computing device is to be used;
• deleting, using the processor, the first operating system from a memory associated with the processor in parallel with the instantiation of the copy-on-write virtual computing system executing the second operating system;
• copying, using the processor, an image of the second operating system to the memory associated with the processor;
• and
• instantiating, using the processor, the second operating system from the image of the second operating system.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions stored in a first partition, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to instantiate a hypervisor to:

• initiate a backup process to generate a backup image of a first operating system currently running on a computing device associated with the processor;
• change an operating parameter of the computing device based on a domain change, wherein the domain change represents:
• a physical change in location of the computing device from a first geographic location having a first network to a second geographic location having a second network;
• and
• a change in a network security level from the first network to the second network;
• select, based on the changed operating parameter, a second operating system to be instantiated from a library of operating systems;
• instantiate a copy-on-write virtual computing system executing the second operating system based on the domain change;
• delete the first operating system from a second partition of the non-transitory computer readable storage medium in parallel with the instantiation of the copy-on-write virtual computing system executing the second operating system;
• copy the second operating system to the second partition of the non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
• and
• instantiate the second operating system on the computing device from the second partition of the non-transitory computer readable storage medium.