Linux KVM is getting more and more useable for desktop virtualization thanks to the the virtio and QXL/SPICE drivers.
Most Linux distributes have the virtio & QXL drivers you might need to install the spice-vdagent.
On Windows you can download and install the virtio and QXL drivers.
Using the virtio drivers will improve your guest system performance and your virtualization experience.
Read more...Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) has become the defacto hypervisor on GNU/Linux systems it works with great performance as it utilizes the CPU virtualization extensions Inetl VT-x or AMD-V). KVM doesn’t emulate hardware but uses QEMU for this.
It’s possible to use nested virtualization this make it possible to run a hypervisor inside a KVM virtual machine.
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My firewall is a pcengines alix.
It was running pfsense and was quite happy about it. Pfsense dropped support for 32 bits in their pfsense 2.4 release.
This would left me with a unsupported firewall which was one of the reasons to use pfsense instead of a closed source commercial router.
I could have moved to a new firewall like the pcengines apu but there is no reason to replace hardware that works fine.
The nice thing about opensource software is that we’ve options to choose from if software doesn’t match your usecase we’ve other options to choose from.
In Belgium/Flanders we have two main internet line providers;
On telephone network there are alternative internet providers but they use the network of proximus.
I switched my internet connection from ADSL to VDSL and switched to a new provider ( edpnet). The internet speed was below the expectations and my modem reported errors on the line. After fixing the internal phone cabbeling in my appartment I wanted the retrigger the DLM monitoring.
The process is explained in the this post https://userbase.be/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48767 at usebase.be
To start the DLM monitoring in Belgium you need to call 0800 22 424 and type in your line number. If you don’t have a proximus phone number the line number is not the same as your phone number. To get your line number you need to connect an analog phone to our line and call 1924 this will read aloud your line number.
** Have fun **
Read more...When you create an new virtual KVM virtual system the video ram is limited to 16MB by default to use a higer screen resolution you need to increase the video ram. The available resolution reported by the virtual screen may also not include the resolution that you want to utilize.
You’ll find my journey to enable higher screen resolutions in my KVM (qemu) virtual systems below.
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