news 28 Posted April 2, 2012 We are pleased to announce a new release of Boxes. Changes since 3.4.0: - Fix broken layouts. - Fix first-time connection to boxes requiring password. - Fix text color of notifications during selection mode. - Don't timeout notifications if main window isn't active so that user can't easily miss them. - Box creation wizard: - Remember the selected file/URL when going back to source selection page. - Forget the selected file/URL when box creation is cancelled. - Install Fedora 16 and older from remote repository. - Add SPICE agent channel to newly created domains so that features like copy&paste with client/host work for guests with vdagent drivers installed. - Sane default sound and video devices for unknown OSs. - Rid of theme parser warnings. - Added/updated translations: - German - Indonesian - Korean - Norwegian bokmÃ¥l - Polish - Slovenian - Spanish - Swedish - Telugu Dependencies changed: - libvirt-gconfig >= 0.0.7 All bugs fixed in this release: 670306 - should do some kickstart sanity check before starting the installer 672159 - gnome-boxes should remember the iso that was selected when going back from the 'configuration' screen 672160 - isos selected through boxes should appear in the "recently used" section in the file selector 672528 - "Cancel" button does not really cancel 672853 - Assistant layout is broken 672872 - Sane default sound & video devices for unknown OSs 672983 - error message notification should not go away when the error is fatal 673053 - error popups are not readable All contributors to this release: Andika Triwidada Christian Kirbach Daniel Mustieles Daniel Nylander Kjartan Maraas Marc-André Lureau Matej UrbanÄÂiÄ Piotr Drąg Praveen Illa Seong-ho Cho Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) ------------------------- What is Boxes? ============== A simple GNOME 3 application to access remote or virtual systems. Goals ===== * 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 ========= * Enterprise system management / administration * Asset management * Software distribution * Automation Use Cases ========= * 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 =========== https://live.gnome.org/Boxes Downloads ========= http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-boxes/3.4/ -- Regards, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) FSF member#5124 _______________________________________________ Share this post Link to post