network interface virbr0 ...what is it?

[Bob Hung]

Ric Moore wrote:
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> Thanks! I'm running F7 and I'm not sure what package is in that "virtual
> machine" group. Would that be something like zen? Is it doing any harm?
> I just was wondering what the heck it was and network manager wasn't
> showing or controlling it. Merry Xmas to everyone! Ric
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>   
Hi Ric,

I don't run F7 at the moment, but with F8 Virtualization Group, I see 
packages like
Kernel-xen, kvm, qemu, xen.  These are all different forms of 
virtualization.  The bridge
network would do any harm other than taking some extra memory space.  
192.168 is
a private network, so no one from the outside can get to it unless you 
configure your
router or iptables to forward the traffic.

I like a simple clean system, so I would remove the packages if I'm not 
doing
virtualization.

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BH