Kernel-based Virtual Machine

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Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a free and open-source virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor. It was merged into the mainline Linux kernel in version 2.6.20, which was released on February 5, 2007.

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Image: Software: The OpenIndiana Project, The NetBSD Project, KDE developers, MATE developers, and QEMU team Wallpaper: Ken Vermette (KDE), The OpenIndiana Project (MATE) Screenshot: VulcanSphere, CDDL, via Wikimedia Commons.