From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Evert Subject: KVM + virt-manager: which is the perfect host Linux distro? Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:28:49 +0100 Message-ID: <49CBC961.1010305@poboxes.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail.poboxes.info ([93.184.113.14]:37665 "EHLO mail.poboxes.info" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756284AbZCZS24 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:28:56 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (pc-evert.meulie.net [192.168.24.24]) (Authenticated sender: evert@local.meulie.net) by mail.poboxes.info (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2F3B77E3B70 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:28:53 +0100 (CET) Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi all, I am about to install a new host system, which will be hosting various guest systems by means of KVM & virt-manager for GUI. What would be the best choice for host OS distro? Red Hat, or will any mature Linux distro do? Personally I am more of a Gentoo guy, but if there is 1 distro which is clearly better as host OS when it comes to KVM+virt-manager, I am willing to use something else... ;-) Regards, Evert