Amazing Privacy Ideas with KVM Virtual Machines

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KVM virtual machines are standard fare in shared Linux servers. But here we will talk about using KVM in a desktop environment and strategize how to use it for privacy. KVM is an incredibly practical tool for coming up with private and secure approaches to a desktop experience.

This video introduces some practical application of KVM and variants in use. This is not just an installation video.

In this video we will demonstrate how to install KVM, which is very easy on Linux. Later in the video we will strategize the use of VM's in a way that is actually practical for daily driver use on a desktop.

This includes demonstrating how to set up KVM on an external drive and thinking about linking it with cloud options.

This video was done using Ubuntu 20.04 on a Starlabs Systems laptop.

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COMMAND LINE

Check for Virtualization Support

egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo

sudo apt-get install cpu-checker

kvm-ok

KVM Install
sudo apt install -y qemu qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon libvirt-clients bridge-utils virt-manager

Install a VM by Command Line

sudo virt-install --name=ubuntu20.04-vm
--os-variant=Ubuntu20.04
--vcpu=2 --ram=4096
--graphics spice
--location=/home/Downloads/ubuntu20.04.iso-desktop-amd64.iso
--network bridge:vibr0

Find VM Locations

virsh list --all
virsh vol-list default
cd /var/lib/libvirt/images

Edit VM Locations on KVM

virsh pool-destroy
virsh pool-edit default
virsh pool-start

Edit Location in VM Config

virsh edit ubuntu20.04
or
virsh edit [domain]

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