We are pleased to announce a new release of Boxes.
Changes since 3.4.1:
- Performance-related fixes and improvements:
- Asynchronously fetch VM information from libvirt to not block the UI.
- Cache VM information to reduce potentially costly periodic calls to libvirt.
- Unset cache on disk driver for main storage.
- Use virtio disk for OSs that support it out of the box.
- Fix product logo fetching that broke against libosinfo 0.1.1.
- Dragging window in Microsoft Windows 7 shouldn't bring topbar.
- Make wizard file chooser dialog, modal.
- Fix mouse scrollwheel not working.
- Express installation:
- Mark CD-ROM and floppy devices/images as optional after installation.
- Fix Fedora 17 express installation.
- Translate X keyboard layout ID to console layout ID as Anaconda expects the
latter in the kickstart file.
- Added/updated/fixed translations:
- Catalan
- Czech
- Belarusian
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Bulgarian
- French
- Galician
- German
- Italian
- Lithuanian
- Polish
- Serbian
Dependencies changed:
- libvirt-glib >= 0.0.8
- libvirt-gconfig >= 0.0.8
All bugs fixed in this release:
670777 - Better disk performance
673856 - Missing ISO source should not be treated as a fatal error
674228 - Name logo files according to distro names
674328 - Cannot differentiate similar ISOs in list of ISOs
674352 - Getting statistics slow down VMs a lot
674361 - Top toolbar in display shouldn't prevent win7 drag window top to
maximize
674647 - Make wizard file chooser dialog, modal
675615 - Mouse scrollwheel not working in local Windows XP guest
675617 - Mark the express install floppy image as optional
675663 - Don't do blocking calls on main threads when collecting stats
675813 - Translate X kbd layout ID to console layout ID
All contributors to this release:
Alexander Larsson <[email protected]>
Alexander Shopov <[email protected]>
Aurimas Černius <[email protected]>
Bruno Brouard <[email protected]>
Christian Kirbach <[email protected]>
Fran Diéguez <[email protected]>
Gil Forcada <[email protected]>
Ihar Hrachyshka <[email protected]>
Jonh Wendell <[email protected]>
Luca Ferretti <[email protected]>
Marc-André Lureau <[email protected]>
Marek Černocký <[email protected]>
Piotr Drąg <[email protected]>
Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <[email protected]>
Мирослав Николић <[email protected]>
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What is Boxes?
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A simple GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems.
Goals
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* View, access, and use:
* remote machines
* remote virtual machines
* local virtual machines
* When technology permits, set up access for applications on local
virtual machines
* View, access, and use virtual machines on removable media
* View, access, and use shared connection / machines
* Share connections?
* Upload / publish virtual machines
* Select favorites
* Search for connections
Non-Goals
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* Enterprise system management / administration
* Asset management
* Software distribution
* Automation
Use Cases
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* Connect to a local virtual machine for testing.
* Connecting to a work machine from home.
* Connect to a work machine over a low quality cellular network.
Homage page
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https://live.gnome.org/Boxes
Downloads
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http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-boxes/3.4/
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