gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On 1/7/25 15:12, 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... > > Basically, anything starting with a k came from ingo klockers kde > desktop.
Except for anything where the k means kernel! > qemu OTOH is a tiny kernel that serves as the building foundation for > other applications. It predates linux but has always been a niche > product that because it was tiny and had decade long uptimes, but > limitations that linux blew thru, has remained a niche product. At > least that is my impression. YMMV. > > > A pointer to any documentation on these so I can get a good idea of > > how to set it up would also be helpful. > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
