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QEMU 8.1 Brings Improvements across All Architectures (UPDATED)

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Aug 23, 2023,

updated Aug 25, 2023

QEMU is an open-source virtualization software that allows you to create and manage virtual machines. It provides a platform for running guest operating systems on a host system, regardless of the architecture of the host and guest systems.

Additionally, QEMU can work with other virtualization technologies, such as KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), to provide hardware-assisted virtualization and improve performance for certain workloads.

The just released QMEU 8.1 brings improvements among all architectures, so let’s see what’s new.

Read on

UPDATE

QEMU 8.1 Released with New PipeWire Audio Backend, Many Improvements

QEMU 8.1 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with a new PipeWire audio backend, multi-touch events for the GTK GUI, and many other changes.