If binfmt-support is installed, qemu-user-static package will register binary formats to run foreign binaries directly. In this mode QEMU can launch Linux processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. The metapackage qemu-user-static provides user mode emulation binaries, built statically. While qemu has a command line interface and. In that case it utilizes the virtualization technology of the hardware to virtualize guests. Mostly it is not used as emulator but as virtualizer in collaboration with KVM kernel components. Qemu is a machine emulator that can run operating systems and programs for one machine on a different machine.
