From 8368c055cf661b38f9fa23f6c4183d4bd64e7ef1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kroese Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 17:05:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme.md --- readme.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 02d39a9..65bb2ac 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ -QEMU in a Docker container for running ARM-based virtual machines, for devices like the Raspberry Pi 5 and many others. +Docker container for running ARM-based virtual machines using QEMU, for devices like the Raspberry Pi 5 and many others. -It allows you to turn any operating system into a container and uses high-performance QEMU options (like KVM acceleration, kernel-mode networking, IO threading, etc.) to achieve near-native speed. +It allows you to create VM's which behave just like normal containers, meaning you can manage them using all your existing tools (like Portainer) and configure them in a language (YAML) you are already familiar with. + +This greatly reduces the learning curve and also eliminates the need for a dedicated Proxmox or ESXi server in many cases. It uses high-performance QEMU options (like KVM acceleration, kernel-mode networking, IO threading, etc.) to achieve near-native speed. Note: for KVM acceleration you need a Linux-based operating system, as it's not available on MacOS unfortunately.