If you’d like to be able to easily see which one of your kvm guests is the cpu hog, make links from to qemu-kvm

cd /usr/local/bin
ln -s /usr/bin/qemu-kvm vm_magneto
virsh edit magneto
# change emulator to
<emulator>/usr/local/bin/vm_magneto</emulator>
virsh reload
virsh shutdown magneto
virsh start magneto

I currently use a modded xbox running XBMC (xbox media center) and although I’ve loved it for many years it is starting to show its age. Its 10 year old cpu just can’t decode an h264 encoded movie, plus I’d really like to be able to surf from the couch and view TED Talks and YouTube videos.

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