![]() That was as simple as downloading the tar archive file, copying it to the root directory, and unpacking it as root. Since I was having some problems installing from source on my Ubuntu system, I installed the binary. There are two ways to install QEMU: either in binary format, for Linux i386 only (a tar.gz file that you simply unpack into your top-level directory) or from source. I was impressed with the breadth of command-line options for things like location of the CD-ROM, diskette, and hard disks, which device to boot from, and how much memory the emulated machine should have. ![]() I appreciated being able to run in snapshot mode (where the original state of the virtual hard disk is preserved and any changes are written to a temporary location). Networking seemed to “just work” from the first the emulated machine could access the Internet while running from my wireless laptop. Right from the beginning, I was impressed by the quality of QEMU, as well as the feature set. Going through the process of installing and configuring QEMU not only gave me a worthwhile new software tool, but also helped me learn a few things about Linux. QEMU thereby lets you run another operating system on top of your existing OS. It allows you to emulate a number of hardware architectures (x86, x86-64, and PowerPC are currently known to work, with others, including SPARC and MIPS, in development). QEMU is an open source cross-platform emulator for Linux hosts.
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