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title: Guests support
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description:
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published: true
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date: 2023-02-11T21:58:25.082Z
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editor: markdown
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dateCreated: 2022-01-12T14:25:25.960Z
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---
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# Guest operating system
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> Phyllome OS 🤎 other operating systems. It is meant to be a cozy platform for almost any modern operating systems to thrive.
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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.
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## Category of operating systems
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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.
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### UNIX-family
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When it comes to its longevity and number of variants, the UNIX family is by far the most prolific family of all.
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* **Linux**
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* Debian, Fedora, Android, Chromium OS, etc.
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* **BSD**
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* OpenBSD, FreeBSD, etc.
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* Darwin-based operating systems, such as macOS
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* **Solaris**
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* OpenSolaris, Illumnos, etc.
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### Windows-family
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* **Windows**
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* Windows and [ReactOS](/virt/guest/reactos)
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### Independent
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* **SculptOS**
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* **FuschiaOS**
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## 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 below only show support for the latest operating systems.*
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| | Linux | Darwin | Windows |
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| :- | :-: | :-: | :-: |
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| *Chipset* | `i440fx` `Q35` `virt` | `Q35` | `i440fx` `Q35` `virt` |
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| *Platform Firmware* | `SeaBIOS` `OVMF` `RHF` [^1] | `OVMF` | `SeaBIOS` `OVMF` `RHF` |
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| *`virtio-gpu`* | **Yes** | No | No |
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| *`virtio-video`* | *Upcoming* | No | No |
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| *`virtio-snd`* | *Upcoming* | No | No |
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| *`virtio-blk`* | **Yes** | **Yes** | **Yes** |
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| *`virtio-scsi`* | **Yes** | No | **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** |
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| *`virtio-tablet`* | **Yes** | No | **Yes** |
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[^1]: RHF stands for the Rust Hypervisor Firmware
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## Resource
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* **Distrowatch**:
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* [All active operating systems and Linux distributions](https://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=All&category=All&origin=All&basedon=All¬basedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=All&package=All&rolling=All&isosize=All&netinstall=All&language=All&defaultinit=All&status=Active#simple) listed on Distrowatch
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* [List of other operating systems awaiting validation](https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=links#new), still on Distrowatch
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* **OSDev.org**
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* [OSDev.org](https://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page), a great place to learn about Operating System Development.
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* [List of active operating systems](https://wiki.osdev.org/Projects) on OSDev.org
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