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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Russell writes:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>\u201cI don't think you can run GUI software (eg Wayland or<br>X), unlike the more heavyweight virtual machine technology such as<br>VirtualBox or VMWare.\u201d<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Stock qemu is now works well in place of these heavier apps. It can take advantage of the KVM virtualization system and give near native performance, even on systems where one does not have root. (Provided KVM is enabled which it usually is.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It does mean a bit boot time for a kernel -- the difference is essentially how much extra stuff is bundled. It depends if the goal is compartmentalization and packaging of an application for deployment (like the AI agent use case) or if one wants to control the whole stack without any commitments to an operating system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Marcus <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>