Spice-guest Tools -

Here is what these tools do and why you should install them on your next VM.

When most people think about virtual machine performance, they focus on CPU cores, RAM allocation, or disk I/O. But if you are using SPICE (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) for your QEMU/KVM virtual machines, you are missing half the equation. spice-guest tools

The spice-guest-tools package is a bundle of drivers and agents that bridge the gap between your hypervisor (libvirt/KVM) and the guest operating system. While SPICE handles the protocol (display, mouse, audio), the guest tools handle the optimization . Here is what these tools do and why