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Virtualization packages

libvirt

# Starts KVM daemon
systemctl enable libvirtd.service

QEMU

  • qemu-desktop: vm emulator (uses KVM or Zen under the hood). It's the API, command line
  • qemu-arch-extra: allow virtualizing different architectures

Others

  • edk2-ovmf: installed as dependency - UEFI support
  • dnsmasq: networking

GUI

  • virt-manager: GUI for managing VMs
  • gnome-boxes: GUI for managing VMs
  • swtpm: TPM support