what is it?

desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt

changing firmware to UEFI

Easiest way to do this is when creating the VM. Afterwards, it can be done by editing the XML

Create a new VM. On step 4 tick the Customize configuration before install box

Click Finish. On the Overview tab select the appropriate firmware

Click Apply and then Begin Installation

file sharing

using virtiofs

on the host, install virtiofs, if needed

sudo apt install virtiofsd

create a mount point

cd /mnt
sudo mkdir vfs_share
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER vfs_share

on the virtual machine’s hardware details, enable shared memory

click Add Hardware and add a filesystem. use the mount point specified above for source path

click Finish and then Apply on the main details screen

start the guest vm and mount the share on it

mkdir -p ~/share
sudo mount -t virtiofs share /home/athena/share