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Boxes 3.4.0.1

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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 bokmål

- 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 UrbanÄÂiÄÂ

Piotr Drąg

Praveen Illa

Seong-ho Cho

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/3.4/

 

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Regards,

 

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)

FSF member#5124

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