Qemu
Qemu
A FOSS machine emulator and visualizer, supporting multiple hypervisors including Linux Kernal-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and Windows Hyper-V.
Guides:
- Arch Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMU
- CachyOS Wiki: https://wiki.cachyos.org/virtualization/qemu_and_vmm_setup/
- Quickemu: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
Install
# qemu-desktop qemu with only x86_64 emulation
paru -S qemu-desktop
sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER
systemctl enable --now libvirtd.socket
# enable network access for vms
sudo virsh net-autostart default
sudo ufw route allow from 192.168.122.0/24
Automated VM CLI tool and optional GUI
paru -S quickemu quickgui
Powerful GUI
sudo pacman -S virt-manager