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Jay LaCroix
Jay LaCroix
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Jay LaCroix

Jeremy "Jay" LaCroix is a technologist and open-source enthusiast, specializing in Linux. He has a net field experience of 20 years across different firms as a Solutions Architect and holds a master's degree in Information Systems Technology Management from Capella University. In addition, Jay also has an active Linux-focused YouTube channel with over 250K followers and over 20M views, available at LearnLinuxTV, where he posts instructional tutorial videos and other Linux-related content. He has also written Linux Mint Essentials and Mastering Linux Network Administration, published by Packt Publishing.
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Prerequisites and considerations

I’m sure many of you have already used a virtualization solution before. In fact, I bet a great many readers are following along with this book while using a Virtual Machine (VM) running in a solution such as VirtualBox, Parallels, VMware, or one of the others. Those applications and others like them are great for testing Ubuntu or other operating systems on your desktop or laptop. In this section, we’ll set up a VM server that can act as a centrally available server on which to run VMs.

This will be easier than you may think—Ubuntu has virtualization built right in. This comes in the form of a dynamic duo consisting of Kernel-based VM (KVM) and Quick Emulator (QEMU), which together form a virtualization suite that enables Ubuntu (and Linux in general) to run VMs without the need for a third-party solution. KVM is the feature that is built right into the Linux kernel that performs the magic under the hood. It handles the low...

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Published in: Sep 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803234243

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Jay LaCroix

Jeremy "Jay" LaCroix is a technologist and open-source enthusiast, specializing in Linux. He has a net field experience of 20 years across different firms as a Solutions Architect and holds a master's degree in Information Systems Technology Management from Capella University. In addition, Jay also has an active Linux-focused YouTube channel with over 250K followers and over 20M views, available at LearnLinuxTV, where he posts instructional tutorial videos and other Linux-related content. He has also written Linux Mint Essentials and Mastering Linux Network Administration, published by Packt Publishing.
Read more about Jay LaCroix