I need to use Visual Studio 2010 and the newer 2026 version for college ASP.NET coursework, but Visual Studio is not supported on Linux or macOS. I'm running Fedora 44, prefer Linux, and don't want to dual-boot or replace my current installation with Windows.
I've previously used GNOME Boxes and VirtualBox, but I haven't worked directly with QEMU/KVM. I'd like to run Windows in a virtual machine and want to understand the setup properly rather than blindly copying commands. What should I learn first, and are there reliable guides or videos explaining the installation, configuration, resource allocation, and Windows installation process?
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GNOME Boxes already uses QEMU and KVM underneath, so you don’t necessarily need to switch to a completely different technology. It provides a simpler interface for creating a Windows virtual machine. If you want more control over CPU, memory, storage, networking, and other settings, virt-manager is another common graphical front end for the same virtualization stack.
On Fedora, the usual starting point is installing the virtualization package group and enabling the libvirt service: `sudo dnf install @virtualization` followed by `sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd`. That installs the core QEMU/KVM and libvirt components, but it isn’t the entire setup. You still need to confirm that hardware virtualization is enabled in your firmware, add your user to the appropriate virtualization-related permissions if required, install a management tool such as GNOME Boxes or virt-manager, and then create a VM using a legitimate Windows ISO and license. The graphical tool will guide you through allocating disk space, RAM, CPU cores, and networking.
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