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# On open-source virtualization

*In this section, the focus is on KVM virtualization, and its associated tools, including QEMU, the Linux kernel, libvirt, etc., mostly in the context of Phyllome OS.* 

## Hardware

* [Anatomy of a virtual machine](/virt/vm)
	* [Architectures](/virt/architectures)
	* [Chipsets](/virt/chipset)
  * [Firmware](/virt/firmware)
  * [CPU](/virt/cpu)
  * [Memory](/virt/memory)
  * [Storage](/virt/storage)
  * [Network](/virt/network)
  * [Display](/virt/display)

## Software

### The host

* [Linux Kernel modules](/virt/kernel-modules) related to virtualization.
* [Virtualization-related paths](/virt/linux-paths) on Phyllome OS
* [XML](/virt/xml) commented

### Guests

> 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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*This idea of this section is to provide a reference for guest operating systems used in virtual machines*

* [Main guests support matrix](/virt/guest-support)

#### Unix-based

* [Linux family](/virt/linux)
* [BSD family](/virt/bsd)
* [OpenSolaris and derivatives](/virt/opensolaris)
* [Darwin and derivatives](/virt/darwin)

#### Windows NT
	
* [Windows family](/virt/windows)
* [ReactOS](/virt/reactos)

#### Independent

* [Sculpt OS](/virt/sculpt-os)
* [Fuchsia OS](/virt/fuchsia-os)

## Resources

* [Lexicon](/virt/lexicon) 
* [External resources](/virt/resources)