Use QTEMU to install virtual machines in Linux

You should understand how important a virtual machine is to a developer, Administrator, or common user. There are several methods to run virtual machines on Linux Hosts: VirtualBox, VMWare, KVM, and QEMU are four of the most popular. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages. One disadvantage of using QEMU directly is that you will use the command line method when creating and running a virtual machine. It is not a bad idea to beat a large number of commands. If you want to use QEMU but do not want to rely on command lines to accomplish these tasks

You should understand how important a virtual machine is to a developer, Administrator, or common user.

There are several methods to run virtual machines on Linux Hosts: VirtualBox, VMWare, KVM, and QEMU are four of the most popular. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages. One disadvantage of using QEMU directly is that you will use the command line method when creating and running a virtual machine. It is not a bad idea to beat a large number of commands. If you want to use QEMU but do not want to rely on the command line to accomplish these tasks, you can benefit from a software named QTEMU. This tool is a graphical front-end that simplifies the use of QEMU virtual machines. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use QTEMU to create a virtual machine. Why QTEMU? Because QTEMU can serve as the front-end of QEMU or KVM at the same time. If your hardware supports KVM, you can play with virtual machines more efficiently.

Install

To write this article, I installed and used QTEMU on a Debian system, so the installation can be completed through Synaptic. For security, you may want to search for (and install it selectively) the following applications:

Virtinst
Virt-manager
Kvm
Python-libvirt
Libvirt-bin
Qemu
Qtemu
Virt-viewer
Bridge-utils

The above list may install more things than you need, but you will understand the advantages of some tools in the future. After selecting all these applications, you can click "application" to install them.