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doc: Do not instruct to decompress the VM image. 

Also replace the obsolete 'guix system vm-image' command mention by the 'guix
system image'.

* doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Remove VM image decompression
instruction.
<guix system vm-image>: Replace by 'guix system image'.
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@ -33632,12 +33632,11 @@ Whether or not the droplet should be created with IPv6 networking.
@section Running Guix in a Virtual Machine @section Running Guix in a Virtual Machine
@cindex virtual machine @cindex virtual machine
To run Guix in a virtual machine (VM), one can use the pre-built Guix VM image To run Guix in a virtual machine (VM), one can use the pre-built Guix VM
distributed at image distributed at
@url{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-vm-image-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.qcow2}. @url{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-vm-image-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.qcow2}.
This image is a compressed image in QCOW format. You will first need to This image is a compressed image in QCOW format. You can pass it to an
decompress with @command{xz -d}, and then you can pass it to an emulator such emulator such as @uref{https://qemu.org/, QEMU} (see below for details).
as QEMU (see below for details).
This image boots the Xfce graphical environment and it contains some This image boots the Xfce graphical environment and it contains some
commonly used tools. You can install more software in the image by running commonly used tools. You can install more software in the image by running
@ -33646,10 +33645,8 @@ also reconfigure the system based on its initial configuration file available
as @file{/run/current-system/configuration.scm} (@pxref{Using the as @file{/run/current-system/configuration.scm} (@pxref{Using the
Configuration System}). Configuration System}).
Instead of using this pre-built image, one can also build their own virtual Instead of using this pre-built image, one can also build their own
machine image using @command{guix system vm-image} (@pxref{Invoking guix image using @command{guix system image} (@pxref{Invoking guix system}).
system}). The returned image is in qcow2 format, which the
@uref{https://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can efficiently use.
@cindex QEMU @cindex QEMU
If you built your own image, you must copy it out of the store If you built your own image, you must copy it out of the store