[Zanfa]

If you just need a single Linux VM, you don't need to fiddle with cloud-init. If you want repeatability or automation, that's when you'd reach for it, whether for setting up per-project VMs, shareable VM configs between developers etc.

Also, you don't need all 4 Linux images, just the one you want to run as your guest OS. Emulation / virtualization depends on the guest OS CPU architecture.

[emmelaich]

Yep, I just install from the Fedora netinstall iso and do a normal install. I might be missing some features but it works for me.

The easiest way is to just choose from the UTM gallery. But I wanted Fedora 41, not 38 which is the latest in the gallery.