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-virtigo: a control panel for your virtual machine cluster
+# virtigo: a control panel for your virtual machine cluster
 
-This is an attempt to make something that should:
+There is no greater thrill for a linux sys admin than running your own cloud.
+
+# This is an attempt to make something that should:
 
 * Maintain the master list of virtual machines that should be running at all times
 * Work with a cluster of dom0 hypervisiors via libvirt and/or qemu
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 * Work in GUI mode (GTK/QT/etc) but ALSO the console (ncurses)
 * GPL'd with the intent for use with homelab and personal hobbyists
 
-Notes & Goals:
+# Notes & Goals:
 
 * Be super easy to use.
 * Automatically map access to serial and graphical consoles
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 * Automatic live migration to decommission nodes
 * Implement iptable rules via the virtigo daemon
 
-Inspired by:
+# Inspired by:
 
 * kvm
 * virt-manager