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I'm looking for virtualization-based desktop Linux setup
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Proxmox has no desktop by default. You can install it, add a desktop environment, but it will be less hassle to just use Debian as the desktop and install proxmox on top of that.
Ultimately, it's all Linux or Unix. You can install qemu/KVM and libvirt on just about anything.
You can pretty much just pick your distribution and then add KVM on top of that, it will get you a long way before you need to use anything with more features.
A lot of people like to keep their hypervisor separate from their daily driver, but you can totally just fire up VMs and containers on your dd if that works for you.
Or, create a VM in Proxmox and pass the GPU, mouse and keyboard to it.