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 The box creation "Source Selection" screen for Boxes 3.32 | |
| Developer | The GNOME Project |
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| Written in | C,Vala |
| Platform | GNOME |
| License | GNU LGPL-2.1+[3] |
| Website | apps |
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GNOME Boxes is an application of theGNOME Desktop Environment, used to access virtual systems. Boxes uses theQEMU,KVM, andlibvirt virtualization technologies.[4]
GNOME Boxes was initially introduced asbeta software in GNOME 3.3 (development branch for 3.4) as of Dec 2011,[5] and as a preview release in GNOME 3.4.[6] Its primary functions were as a virtual machine manager, remote desktop client (overVNC), and remote filesystem browser, utilizing thelibvirt, libvirt-glib, and libosinfo technologies.[7] This enabled the viewing of remote systems and virtual machines on other computers in addition to locally created virtual machines. Boxes possesses the ability to easily create local virtual machines from a standarddisk image file, such as anISO image while requiring minimum user input. As of version 40, the remote connection functionality has been moved to the separate application,GNOME Connections.
GNOME Boxes requires the CPU to support some form ofhardware-assisted virtualization (AMD-V orIntel VT-x, for example).[8]
Boxes was originally developed by Marc-André Lureau,Zeeshan Ali, Alexander Larsson andChristophe Fergeau[9] and is currently being maintained and developed byFelipe Borges.[10]
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