I’ve been using it both personally and professionally, but due to the sheer magnitude of the docs, I’ve decided to make my own cheat sheet. Never forget that for each and any option you can add ol’ help to provide all options. Install On ubuntu sudo apt install qemu On arch sudo pacman -Sy qemu-full Everywhere brew install qemu Desktop Create an image sudo qemu-img create -f qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images/yournamehereforvirtaccess.qcow2 20G

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