Nothing useful in Chapter 2. I suggest you check out virt-manager now yourself and try to set up a few distros to have a general sense of how it works. Especially how it works differently from VirtualBox, which I would cover in Chapter 3, like I said in Libvirt Prologue#List.
Personally I would recommend you to at least try these first.
Kali Linux, I linked a virtualization series from Kali in prologue which is a must-read for anything who want to have a general idea on the technology. And Kali comes with virtualization optimizations to improve your VM experience, which would in return make you feel confident.
Tails, a Debian derived distribution focused on anonymous experience. It’s challenging to make networking work if Tor is blocked in your region as you’ll meet the dilemma (in such case, just use it offline or weaponize transparent proxy):
- User: I want to connect to the Internet!
- Tails: Connect to Tor first!
- User: But I cannot connect to Tor!
- Tails: Connect to the Internet first!
- User: I need to connect to the Internet to connect Tor!
- Tails: Connect to Tor then!
- User: How can I connect to Tor without the Internet!
- Tails: Connect to the Internet!
MS-DOS 6.22, yes, MS-DOS! It’s dead old, I know. But it works great even today! Why DOSBox when native DOS just works!
Things I refer to when I set up MS-DOS for the first time:
And a few random thoughts:
- QEMU Hint: MS-DOS is EOL, so don’t worry if you do not see the option in system selection. Solution exists.
- QBasic is great, for real. Old schooler would enjoy qb64 with QBasic compatibility on modern platforms.
If you are still passionate and have no idea on other systems, you can refer to Linux Distro 101 for inspiration.