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Vegard Nossum wrote:
> Hm. Doesn't KVM require special hardware? I have just a cheap laptop
> (Pentium Dual-Core) and I doubt I will be able to run it... :-(
>   

If you have an Intel dual-core CPU from the last couple of years, it 
almost certainly has the VT capability (look for "vmx" in 
/proc/cpuinfo).  It may not be usable unless the BIOS enables it though...

    J