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Core Virtualization
๐ Imageprovides e.g. the kvm hypervisor core (kvm.ko), support for running as KVM and Xen guests etc.
kernel๐ Imageis a CPU and device emulator; it also acts as the userspace component of KVM
qemu๐ Imageis a toolkit for interacting with the various virtualization technologies
libvirt๐ Imageprovides the xen hypervisor and userspace components
xen๐ Imageallows Xen guests to be run on KVM
xenner๐ ImagePC BIOS for QEMU
bochs๐ ImagePXE boot ROMs for QEMU
gpxe๐ Imagevideo BIOS for QEMU
vgabios๐ Imagesparc/ppc BIOS for QEMU
openbios
Tools
๐ Imageis a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines
virt-manager๐ Imageis used by virt-manager to connect to a virtual machine's graphical console
virt-viewer๐ Imageprovides a python API for installing virtual machines, and a bunch of useful utilitis like virt-install and virt-clone
python-virtinst๐ Imageis a GNOME applet for monitoring and controlling virtual machines
gnome-applet-vm๐ Imageis a top-like utilitiy for virtual machines
virt-top๐ Imageprovides an API and tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images
libguestfsguestfishlets you access and modify virtual machine disk images from the command linelibguestfs-toolsprovides useful tools: virt-df, virt-cat, virt-edit, virt-ls, virt-inspector, virt-rescue, virt-win-reglibguestfs-mount(guestmount) lets you mount virtual machine disk images on the host๐ Imagegathers statistics from within virtual machines
collectd-libvirt๐ Imageenables the building of virtual appliance images
appliance-tools๐ Imageis a network boot server that can be used to provision virtual machines
cobbler๐ Imageis a functional test suite for libvirt
perl-Sys-Virt-TCK๐ Imageis a tool for converting virtual machines to use the KVM hypervisor
virt-v2v
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Obsolete
๐ Imageused to provide the userspace component of the kvm hypervisor. It has since been replaced by qemu
kvm๐ Imagehas been replaced by
etherboot๐ Image
gpxe๐ Imageis going to be replaced by other virt tools
virt-mem
