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The Phyllome OS wiki

Phyllome¹ OS is an operating system that makes it easier to run various operating systems locally using off-the-shelf hardware and virtualization technologies.

In this wiki, you will find guides about how to install and use Phyllome OS, as well as information on the underlying technologies, Phyllome OS itself and the surrounding project.

Phyllome OS is in its alpha stage of development. Expect bugs and disappointment {.is-warning}

If you wish to download the content of this wiki locally, feel free to clone this repository {.is-info}

Install

How to install Phyllome OS

• Prepare the target computer
• Create an installation medium
• Installation

Get started

How to deploy your favorite operating systems inside Phyllome OS

Unix-like

• Install a Linux distribution using an ISO file
• Automatically provision a Linux distribution using a kickstart file

Windows NT

• Install ReactOS

Go further

Go further with Phyllome OS

• Use Phyllome OS as a live system
• Resize a virtual disk
• Encrypt a directory
• Share a directory with a guest using virtiofs
• Share an input device with a guest using evdev
• Leverage vfio-mdev to create multiple vGPUs
• Leverage other display options

Technical references

Information about related technologies

• Lexicon
• External resources

Virtualization software

• KVM-driven virtual machine monitors
• Linux Kernel modules related to virtualization
• Virtualization-related paths on Phyllome OS
• A libvirt XML file

Virtual machine hardware

• Chipsets
• Firmware
• Graphic cards
• Virtual I/O (virtio) devices

About Phyllome OS

• A very short history of virtualization
• Context
• Purpose
• Roadmap
• Guest operating systems support
• Software bill of materials
• Security
• FAQ

About the project

• How to contribute
• How to join
• Current infrastructure

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The website: https://phyllo.me

This wiki: https://wiki.phyllo.me

The issue board: https://kanboard.phyllo.me

The forge: https://git.phyllo.me

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1. According to the Wiktionary, Phyllome refers to the "foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or [any organ] produced by metamorphosis of a leaf" ↩︎