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QEMU Internals

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Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
3
submitters
3
observed span
2021–2025
peak thread · 33 comments
323 pts
latest 20+ return · 2022-08-22
170 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

First comments on top threads

HN comment order

Thank you. On the same subject can someone recommend a book or any other resource to learn about virtual machine internals? My goal is to try to build a toy clone of VirtualBox/VMWare. So far I have found one -- Virtual Machines by James E. Smith and Ravi Nair.

Plug for UTM: https://mac.getutm.app A frontend for QEMU which makes it usable for normal people

Previous submissions (lots of useful links there): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26941744 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32548853

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
496

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
56

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2021-04-26QEMU InternalsFirst breakout · Best threadNusyne32333
2022-08-22QEMU Internals (2021)Latest 20+ point returnsigna1117022
2025-01-07QEMU Internals (2021)homebrewer31