On Wednesday, 08-01-2025 at 07:15 Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> These packages were pointed out to me a while back as a possible alternative
> to virtualbox. While doing a bit of work on the new machine, I did a quick
> search using both of those terms in Synaptic Package Manager, also updating
> a couple of files and installing one other package. These searches each
> returned a nonntrivial list of packages, but none of them was named kvm or
> qemu, so I must be missing something here. Can any of you guys help me out?
> I'm not averse to other tools, like apt, etc. if that's preferable...
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> A pointer to any documentation on these so I can get a good idea of how to
> set it up would also be helpful.
https://wiki.debian.org/KVM
For a basic installation that also includes virt-manager in the installation, I
do the following:
(these packages can be installed from Synaptic or from a terminal using apt,
since I will be in a terminal for adding my UserID to the libvirt group, I may
as well use apt) :
# export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin
# apt install qemu-system libvirt-daemon-system virt-manager
# adduser <youruser> libvirt
# adduser <youruser> kvm
The above installation does not add nested vitalisation (i.e. running a
hypervisor in a VM), which is something I have fun playing with from time to
time, but is not normally something most people want to do)
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/using-nested-virtualization-in-kvm/
I recommend the use of Virtio Drivers for network and for storage, QXL or
virtio drivers for video.
If you want to install Windows in a VM, virtio drivers can be useful:
https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers
I have never implement VGAPassthrough, to me seems like it could make your
system a bit unstable.
https://wiki.debian.org/VGAPassthrough
George.
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/html/virtual_machine_management_guide/sect-other_virtual_machine_tasks#Configuring_qxl_drivers_on_virtual_machines
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMU/Guest_graphics_acceleration
https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ubuntu-install-kvm
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