Can one install KVM on Windows?

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Snziv Gupta picture Snziv Gupta · Feb 12, 2015 · Viewed 58.1k times · Source

Can one install KVM on a Windows system where Windows will be the host operating system?

I have searched a lot but every answer is about how one can install Windows as guest on KVM.

Answer

Alex picture Alex · Feb 17, 2015

No, it does not install on a windows system, because it is a linux kernel module.

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