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Multipass vs QEMU

A side-by-side look at Multipass and QEMU. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Multipass

Multipass

Development

Multipass is a lightweight virtual machine manager for Linux, Windows and macOS. It simplifies setting up virtual Ubuntu instances in just a few clicks, allowing developers to easily create reproducible development environments.

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QEMU

QEMU

System & Hardware

QEMU is an open source machine emulator and virtualizer. It can emulate a complete computer system, including peripherals, and allow you to launch different operating systems without rebooting your physical machine.

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