QEMU 2 as a versatile virtualization platform
Open Emu
The new version of QEMU is a free virtualization solution that offers excellent stability and flexibility. We show how to deploy QEMU 2 in a Live environment.
Many virtualization solutions exist today, but only a few can look back on a long tradition and many years of development work. After more than 10 years of development, the bell finally rings for round two of QEMU, which offers many special features for improved use and handling. This article looks at how to deploy QEMU 2 in a Live environment.
QEMU (Quick EMUlator) is a free emulator and virtualization solution that allows users to run a variety of operating systems in a virtual environment, much like many other virtualization systems. QEMU 2, which was released in April, can lay claim to several special features that you will not find in its competitors.
QEMU supports many options for launching the guest system, including multiprocessor emulation on single-processor systems. The open source software can also emulate other processor architectures such as PowerPC or ARM.
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