Boxes 3.6.1

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Hi everyone,

 

We are pleased to announce a new stable release of Boxes.

 

Changes since 3.6.0

 

- Make spinner spin.

- Enable key navigation in main view.

- Disable/ignore keynav and other irrelevant keyboard events in search entry.

- Add Ctrl-Q keyboard shortcut for quitting Boxes.

- Correct/improve look&feel of selection mode.

- Gracefully handle 'topology node missing from libvirt capabilities' scenerio.

- Directly use libsoup for HTTP downloads.

- Add a SLEEPING mode for libvirt's new 'PMSUSPEND' state.

- Use GNOME logo for representing GNOME live media.

- Disable customization of remote boxes at creation for now. This was

nonfunctional and not as important as customization of VMs.

- Automatically switch to 'System' tab in properties for VM under creation.

- Fix regression of not automatically continuing saved installations on launch.

- Fix inconsistencies in sizes of wizard toolbar buttons.

- Fix incorrect enabling of 'Continue' button in wizard.

- Don't crash when Tracker service is unavailable.

- Don't automatically delete live VM box on forced shutdown.

- Correct configure check for forcing building from vala sources.

- Disable S3/S4 states for new VMs to avoid some issues with these power states

in latest libvirt/qemu.

- Only gather stats for running VMs to save resources.

- Added/updated translations:

- Bulgarian

- Danish

- Norwegian bokmål

- Slovak

- Traditional Chinese

- Thai

- UK

 

All contributors to this release:

 

Alexander Larsson

Alexander Shopov

Ask H. Larsen

Chao-Hsiung Liao

Christophe Fergeau

Daniel Korostil

Dušan Kazik

Kallaya Songklang

Kjartan Maraas

Olivier Blin

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)

 

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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/3.6/

 

 

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Regards,

 

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)

FSF member#5124

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