KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). KVM requires QEMU-KVM to create and run virtual machines (e.g. Windows, Linux, BSD) under full system emulation or user mode emulation. QEMU-KVM is a slightly modified QEMU designed to work with KVM kernel modules. KVM consists of a loadable kernel module, 'kvm.ko', that provides the core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, 'kvm-intel.ko' or 'kvm-amd.ko'. For improved performance QEMU-KVM also works with 'virtio' modules. Slackware provides pre-built 'kvm' and 'virtio' modules that work with this package. This requires a system group (which defaults to 'kvm') which decides who can use qemu-kvm. If you want to use a different group, e.g. 'users', then run the script like this: KVMGROUP=users sh qemu-kvm.SlackBuild After package installation, make sure you have the KVMGROUP present on your system and that all desired users are members of that group. Don't forget to load the 'kvm-intel' or 'kvm-amd' module, which depends on your processor.