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# General guests support matrix
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> Support for guest systems differs widely. In general, free and open-source operating systems such as Linux distributions are better supported than proprietary operating systems.
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* The table bellow only show support for the latest operating systems.
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| | Linux | Darwin | Windows |
| :- | :-: | :-: | :-: |
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| *[Chipset](/virt/chipset)* | `i440fx` `Q35` | `Q35` | `i440fx` `Q35` |
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| *[Platform Firmware](/virt/firmware)* | `SeaBIOS` `OVMF` `RHF` [^1] | `OVMF` | `SeaBIOS` `OVMF` `RHF` |
| *`virtio-gpu`* | **Yes** | No | No |
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| *`virtio-video`* | Upcoming | No | No |
| *`virtio-snd`* | Upcoming | No | No |
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| *`virtio-blk`* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-scsi`* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
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| *`virtio-fs`* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
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| *`virtio-net`* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
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| *`virtio-keyboard`* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-tablet`* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
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[^1]: RHF stands for the Rust Hypervisor Firmware
