Gaming on Linux got way better from my understanding and 3. I’m not a gamer so I won’t cover this here 2. You’re probably thinking that you’re going to make a Windows VM and play some AAA games. What’s missing from the list above? The OS that stands between the hardware and the hypervisor (KVM). Virt-Manager is a GUI front-end for managing virtual machines through libvirt.libvirt is collection of software that provides a convenient way to manage virtual machines and other virtualization functionality, such as storage and network interface management.QEMU makes use of KVM to use CPU extensions for virtualization.KVM is a hypervisor built into the Linux kernel.While using the KVM/QEMU/Virt-Manager ( and libvert ) combo you’re almost running on bare metal making the experience much faster. That being said, it’s not all fun and games when it comes to VirtualBox.Įven if you only have to install VirtualBox and VirtualBox guest-aditions to start creating your VMs ( and maybe the extension pack ), VirtualBox emulates hardware to feed to the guest OS. Many OS’ are even optimized for VirtualBox. Why so many choices for the home user? Because having choices is always a good thing, and none of them are perfect. So, today we’re taking a look at how to install and use KVM/QEMU/Virt-Manager to set up your virtual machines. We talked about KVM and QEMU before, when we went over how to install macOS on Linux. Linux users also have the option of using KVM/QEMU/libvirt and a GUI client like Virt-Manager.

How to Install and Use KVM on Ubuntu 20.04

Kvm qemu tutorial