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# Guest operating system
# Guest operating systems support
> Phyllome OS 🤎 other operating systems. It is meant to be a cozy platform for almost any modern operating systems to thrive.
Although Phyllome OS would like to support as many operating systems as possible, it mainly focuses on modern, UEFI-compatible operating systems that are shipping with at least some support for `virtio` devices.
Although Phyllome OS would like to support as many operating systems as possible, it mainly focuses on modern, UEFI-compatible operating systems that are shipping with at least some support for [virtio devices](/virt/lexicon#paravirtualization).
## Category of operating systems
As of today, without accounting for Linux distributions, there are dozens of production-ready operating systems. There are two families of operating systems that dominate this space, the Unix family and the Windows family. Everything else will be categorized as independent.
As of today, without accounting for Linux distributions, there are dozens of production-ready operating systems.
That being said, there are two families of operating systems that dominate this space, the Unix family and the Windows family. Everything else will be categorized as independent.
### UNIX-family
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| | Linux | Darwin | Windows |
| :- | :-: | :-: | :-: |
| *Chipset* | `i440fx` `Q35` `virt` | `Q35` | `i440fx` `Q35` `virt` |
| *Platform firmware* | [`SeaBIOS`](/virt/vm/firmware#seabios) [`OVMF`](/virt/vm/firmware#ovmf) [`RHF`](/virt/vm/firmware#rust-hypervisor-firmware) [^1] | [`OVMF`](/virt/vm/firmware#ovmf) | [`SeaBIOS`](/virt/vm/firmware#seabios) [`OVMF`](/virt/vm/firmware#ovmf) [`RHF`](/virt/vm/firmware#rust-hypervisor-firmware) |
| *`virtio-gpu`* | **Yes** | No | No |
| *`virtio-video`* | *Upcoming* | No | No |
| *`virtio-snd`* | *Upcoming* | No | No |
| *`virtio-blk`* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-scsi`* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-fs`* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-net`* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-keyboard`* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
| *`virtio-tablet`* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
| *Chipset* | i440fx, Q35, virt | Q35 | i440fx, Q35, virt |
| *Platform firmware* | [SeaBIOS](/virt/vm/firmware#seabios) [OVMF](/virt/vm/firmware#ovmf) [RHF](/virt/vm/firmware#rust-hypervisor-firmware) [^1] | [OVMF](/virt/vm/firmware#ovmf) | [SeaBIOS](/virt/vm/firmware#seabios) [OVMF](/virt/vm/firmware#ovmf) [RHF](/virt/vm/firmware#rust-hypervisor-firmware) |
| *virtio-gpu* | **Yes** | No | No |
| *virtio-video* | *Upcoming* | No | No |
| *virtio-snd* | *Upcoming* | No | No |
| *virtio-blk* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
| *virtio-scsi* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
| *virtio-fs* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
| *virtio-net* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
| *virtio-keyboard* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
| *virtio-tablet* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
[^1]: RHF stands for the Rust Hypervisor Firmware