Features/Usability

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Summary

Improve out-of-the-box usability for QEMU when using KVM to in a typical desktop environment.

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Detailed Summary

Most of the first impressions people get of QEMU/KVM is running QEMU directly from the command line as a casual desktop user. Even if this isn't a common use-case, it's an important one because those impressions can be lasting even if the user is ultimately going to use QEMU for development or server virtualization.

The following issues have been identified as usability problems with running QEMU directly while using KVM in a typical desktop environment:

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