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Supported OS Images

Guest Guest Bitness Host Version Host CPU Host Bitness Status
Ubuntu (LTS) 64-bit Ubuntu 22.04 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Ubuntu (LTS) 64-bit Ubuntu 20.04 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Ubuntu (LTS) 64-bit Ubuntu 18.04 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Debian 64-bit Debian 11 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Debian 64-bit Debian 10 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Debian 64-bit Debian 9 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Oracle Linux Enterprise 64-bit OEL 8 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Oracle Linux Enterprise 64-bit OEL 7 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Oracle Linux Enterprise 64-bit OEL 6 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Windows Server 64-bit Windows Server 2022 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Windows Server 64-bit Windows Server 2019 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
Windows Server 64-bit Windows Server 2016 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
RedHat Enterprise Linux 64-bit RHEL 8 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
RedHat Enterprise Linux 64-bit RHEL 7 Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported
RedHat Enterprise Linux 64-bit Intel/AMD 64-bit Supported

Note

All OS versions newer than the ones listed in the tables below are supported by the KVM.


Windows Family

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Windows Small Business Server 2011 64 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.355.0.1.el6.centos.2 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows 2012 R2 Standard 64 qemu-kvm.x86_64 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows 2012 Standard 180-days Evaluation 64 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows 2008 Essential Business Server 64 qemu-kvm-0.11.0 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows 2008 Small Business Server 64 qemu-kvm-0.11.0 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows 2008 Standard 64 qemu-kvm-0.11.0 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows 2008 Standard 32 qemu-kvm-0.11.0 Intel 32 Integrated
Windows 2008 R2 RTM 64 kvm-88 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows 2008 R2 Standard 64 qemu-kvm-0.12.5 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows 2008 R2 Datacenter 64 qemu-kvm-0.12.5 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows 10 Technical Preview for Enterprise 64 qemu-kvm-1.1.2 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows 10 Professional build 10240 (release) 64 qemu-kvm-2.3.0 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows 8 Enterprise 64 qemu-kvm-devel-1.1.92 3.7.0-rc2 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows 7 Professional (Final) 64 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-1 ARCH-2.6.32 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows 7 RTM 32, 64 kvm-88 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows 7 RC 64 kvm-72+dfsg-5 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows 7 Beta 64 kvm-84 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows 7 Beta 32 kvm-83 Intel 32 Integrated
Windows 7 Beta 32 kvm-62 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter) 64 kvm-72 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter) 32 kvm-72 Intel, AMD 64, 32 Integrated
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 kvm-84 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Windows Vista Ultimate 32 kvm-84 Intel, AMD 64, 32 Integrated
Windows Server 2003 R2 (Std) 32 qemu-kvm-0.11.1 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows Server 2003 R2 (Std) 32 qemu-kvm-0.13 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows Server 2003 x64 64 qemu-kvm-0.13 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Windows Server 2003 x64 64 kvm-72 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise) 32 kvm-72 Intel 32, 64 Integrated
Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise) 32 kvm-72 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows XP Pro x64 64 kvm-72 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Windows XP Pro 32 kvm-72 Intel 32, 64 Integrated
Windows XP Pro 32 qemu-kvm-0.11.0 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows XP Pro 32 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.415; kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2, CentOS 6.5 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows XP Pro 32 kvm-72 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows 2000 Pro (SP4) 32 kvm-64 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Windows 2000 Pro (SP4) 32 kvm-64 Intel 32 Integrated
Windows 2000 Advanced Server 32 kvm-44 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows NT Server 4.0 sp 1 32 kvm-72, 2.6.30 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (no SP) 32 qemu-kvm 0.12.3, 2.6.33 AMD 64 Integrated
Windows NT 4.0 SP6 32 kvm 1.0, 2.6.32 Intel 64 Integrated
Windows NT 4.0 SP6 32 qemu-kvm 1.4.1, 2.6.32 Intel 64 Integrated

Linux Family: Fedora/RedHat Derivatives

CentOS

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
CentOS 6.5 64 CentOS 6.5, qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.415, kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2 Intel 64 Integrated
CentOS 6.2 32, 64 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
CentOS 6.1 32, 64 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
CentOS 6.0 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated
CentOS 5.8 32 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6 Intel 64 Integrated
CentOS 5.6 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated
CentOS 5.5 64 kvm-83-164.el5.x86_64.rpm AMD (Sempron 140) 64 Integrated
CentOS 5.5 32 qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6 Intel 64 Integrated

Enterprise Linux

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Enterprise Linux 5.4 / Unbreakable Linux 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated

Fedora

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Fedora 18 32, 64 qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Fedora 17 32, 64 qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Fedora 16 32, 64 qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Fedora 15 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated
Fedora 13 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated
Fedora 11 32 kvm-87 Intel 64 Integrated
Fedora 10 32, 64 kvm-85 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Fedora 9 32, 64 kvm-85 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Fedora 8 32, 64 kvm-85 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Fedora 7 32, 64 kvm-75 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Fedora 6 32 kvm-26 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Fedora 5 32, 64 kvm-12 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Fedora 3 64 kvm-78 AMD 64 Integrated
Fedora 1 32 qemu-kvm-0.11.1 Intel 64 Integrated

RedHat Enterprise Linux

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
RHEL6 beta 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated
RHEL5 32, 64 kvm-85 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
RHEL4 32, 64 kvm-85 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
RHEL3 32, 64 kvm-85 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Red Hat Linux 9 32 kvm-51 Intel 64 Integrated
Red Hat Linux 7.3 32 kvm-78 AMD 64 Integrated

Scientific Linux

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Scientific Linux 5.4.1 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated

Trixbox

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Trixbox (CentOS) 32 kvm-12 Intel 64 Integrated

Linux Family: Ubuntu/Debian Derivatives

Debian GNU/Linux

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 beta (Kernel 3.4.4) 32, 64 qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 64 kvm-88 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated
Debian Lenny 5.0 64 qemu-kvm-0.12.3 Intel 64 Integrated
Debian Lenny 5.0 64 qemu-kvm-0.11.1 Intel 64 Integrated
Debian Lenny 5.0 32, 64 kvm-72/77 Intel 64 Integrated
Debian Etch 4.0 64 kvm-72 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Debian Etch 4.0 32 kvm-64 Intel 64, 32 Integrated
Debian Sarge 3.1 32 kvm-12 Intel 32 Integrated

Ubuntu

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Ubuntu 12.10 32, 64 qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Ubuntu 12.04 32, 64 qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Ubuntu 11.10 32, 64 qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Ubuntu 11.04 32, 64 qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Ubuntu 10.10 64 kvm-83 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32, 64 kvm-84 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
Ubuntu 9.04 64 kvm-84 Intel 64 Integrated
Ubuntu 8.10 32 kvm-85 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 32, 64 kvm-64 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Ubuntu 7.10 Server 64 kvm-60 AMD 64 Integrated
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server 32 kvm-20 Intel 32 Integrated

Xandros

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Xandros 3 OCE 32 kvm-29 Intel 64 Integrated

Knoppix

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
KNOPPIX 5.1.1 32 kvm-18 Intel 64 Integrated
Knoppix 5.2 32 kvm-18 Intel 32 Integrated
Knoppix 6.2 32 kvm-1.12.5 AMD 32, 64 Integrated
Knoppix 6.7.1 32 kvm-1.12.5 AMD 32, 64 Integrated

Other Linux Distros

Android

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Android 2.2 32 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 32, 64 kvm-88 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 32 kvm-88 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated

openSUSE

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
openSUSE 11.3 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated
openSUSE 11.2 64 kvm-83 Intel 64 Integrated
openSUSE 11.1 32, 64 kvm-88 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
openSUSE 11.1 32, 64 kvm-85 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
openSUSE 11.0 32, 64 kvm-85 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
openSUSE 10.3 32 kvm-57 AMD 64 Integrated
SUSE Linux 9.1 32 kvm-72 Intel/AMD 64, 32 Integrated

Slackware

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Slackware 12.2 32 kvm-36 Intel 32 Integrated
Slackware 12 32 kvm-36 Intel 32 Integrated
Slackware 11 32 kvm-15 Intel 64 Integrated

Qemu-Puppy

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
Qemu-Puppy 2.01-3 32 kvm-17/18 Intel 32 Integrated
Qemu-Puppy 2.13-1 32 kvm-17/18 Intel 32 Integrated

SystemRescueCD

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host CPU Host bitness Status
SystemRescueCD 0.3.4 32 kvm-18 Intel 64 Integrated

Gentoo

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
Gentoo 2006.1 32 kvm-24 Intel 64 Integrated
Gentoo 2007.0 32 kvm-24 Intel 64 Integrated
Gentoo 20100311 64 qemu-kvm-0.11.1 Intel 64 Integrated

Arch Linux

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
Arch Linux (Duke) 32 kvm-17 AMD 64 Integrated

Mandrake Linux

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
Mandrake Linux 9.2 32 kvm-51 Intel 64 Integrated

Crux Linux

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
Crux Linux 2.5 32 kvm-82 Intel 32 Integrated

Mikrotik

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
Mikrotik 5.0rc3 32 qemu-kvm-0.13.0 Intel 64 Integrated

UNIX Family: BSD

OpenBSD

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
OpenBSD 5.5/5.6 32 qemu 1.7 Intel with flexpriority 32/64 Integrated
OpenBSD 5.5/5.6 64 qemu 1.7 Intel+AMD 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 5.2 (prerelease) 32 qemu-kvm-1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.1 Intel Core2 6400 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 5.2 (prerelease) 64 qemu-kvm-1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.1 Intel Core2 6400 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 5.0 64 qemu-kvm-0.15.0, Linux 2.6.37.6 (Slackware 13.37) Intel Core2Duo E8400 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.9 64 qemu-kvm-0.14, linux 2.6.38.4 (Fedora 15 Beta) AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.8 32 kvm-83, linux 2.6.18 (CentOS 5.5) Intel E5700 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.7 64 qemu-kvm-0.12.5 Intel 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.6 32, 64 qemu-kvm-0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3 Intel 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.6 32 kvm-84-7.6 AMD 32 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.5 64 kvm-84 Intel 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.4 64 kvm-78 AMD 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.2 32 kvm-58 Intel 32 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.1 32 kvm-72 Intel, AMD 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.0 64 kvm-12 Intel 64 Integrated
OpenBSD 4.0 32 kvm-16 + CVS Intel 64 Integrated

NetBSD

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
NetBSD 3.1 32 kvm-17/18 Intel 32 Integrated
NetBSD 3.1 32 kvm-21 AMD 64 Integrated
NetBSD 4.0 32 kvm-60 Intel 64 Integrated
NetBSD 5.0.2 32 kvm from 2.6.32-2-amd64 debian kernel on debian sid both Intel and Amd 64 Integrated

PC-BSD

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
PC-BSD 1.4 32 kvm-56 Intel 64 Integrated

Darwin

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
Darwin 8.0.1 32 kvm-29 Intel 64 Integrated

Dragonfly BSD

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
DragonflyBSD 1.10.1 32 kvm-58 Intel 64 Integrated
DragonflyBSD 2.2.1 32 kvm-85 Intel 64 Integrated

UNIX Family: Solaris/OpenSolaris

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
Solaris 10 U1 32 kvm-12 Intel 64 Integrated
Solaris 10 U3 64 kvm-58 + patch Intel 64 Integrated
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 64 qemu-kvm 2.3.1 Intel 64 Integrated
Nexenta Core 1.0 64 kvm-61 Intel 64 Integrated
Nexenta Core 2.0 b104 rc3 32 / 64 qemu-kvm-0.11.0 Intel 64 Integrated
OpenSolaris 2008.05 64 kvm-69 Intel 64 Integrated
Milax 0.3.2 32 kvm-62 Intel 64 Integrated
Belenix 0.7.1 64 kvm-62 Intel 64 Integrated
OpenSolaris 2008.11 64 kvm-62 Intel 64 Integrated
OpenSolaris 2009.06 32, 64 qemu-kvm-0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3 Intel 64 Integrated
OpenIndiana Build 151a (Desktop) 64 qemu-kvm-0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze Intel Core i7 64 Integrated

Other UNIX System

Minix

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
MINIX 3.1.2a 32 kvm-71, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel 32, 64 Works

Debian GNU/Hurd

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
GNU hurd live CD (20051117) 32 kvm-28, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
GNU/Hurd (Debian K16) 32 kvm-69, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated
GNU/Hurd (Debian K14) 32 kvm-33 Intel, AMD 32, 64 Integrated

QNX

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
QNX 6.4.1 32 qemu-kvm-0.11.0, 2.6.31.5; qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel 32, 64 Integrated
QNX 6.4.0 32 kvm-83, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel 32, 64 Integrated
QNX 6.3.2 32 qemu-kvm 88, host kernel: 2.6.30; qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 Intel 32, 64 Integrated
QNX 4.25 32 qemu-kvm-0.12.3, kernel 2.6.32-24 Intel 64 Integrated

Others

Guest Guest bitness Host version Host cpu Host bitness Status
Haiku OS 32 kvm-12 AMD 64 Integrated
Amiga Research OS (AROS) 32 kvm-12 AMD 64 Integrated
Amiga Research OS (AROS) 32 kvm-58 Intel 32 Integrated
ReactOS 0.3.0 32 kvm-14 AMD 64 Integrated
FreeDOS 1.0 32 kvm-71 Intel 64 Integrated
MS DOS 6.22 32 kvm-88 Intel 64 Integrated
MS DOS 5.0 32 kvm-62 Intel 64 Integrated
Plan 9 32 kvm-68 Intel 64 Integrated
FreeDOS 7 + Novell Netware 4.1 32 kvm-83 AMD 64 Integrated
clonezilla-live-1.2.* – iso 32 kvm-1.12.5 AMD 32, 64 Integrated