[steeve]

However, remember that qemu-system does _not_ virtualize, so it will likely be slower than a virtualized environment (vbox...).

qemu-kvm does virtualize, but only on Linux.

[jpetazzo]

Indeed; for the lucky ones around here with a bare metal Linux box, just substitute kvm instead and ROCK ON!

[chanux]

On ubuntu it says 'W: kvm binary is deprecated, please use qemu-system-x86_64 instead'