Boxes 3.5.4



We are pleased to announce a new (unstable) release of Boxes.

3.5.4 - Jul 15, 2012
====================

Changes since 3.5.3:

- Create VM based on host capabilities: Choose the virtualization type (KVM or
  Qemu), architecture and features (acpi, apic and pae) of the created domain
  based on host capabilities. This means we now allow creation of VMs even when
  KVM is not available.
- Warn about unavailability of KVM.
- Assign best possible CPU configuration to VMs.
- Reduce the chances of failures at review page of wizard by pre-creating VMs
  (i-e moving failure points to setup page).
- Error out on failure to create VMs.
- More reliable post-installation setup.
- Automatically resume saved installations on launch.
- Friendlier error on new VM setup failure.
- Fix collisions in multiple express installations of the same OS.
- Don't shutdown guest after win7/win2k8 express installation.
- Avoid redundant number suffix in live VMs.
- Fix the regression of 'SETUP' not being skipped for live medias when going
  backwords in wizard.
- Fix layout of initial wizard page.
- Fix creation of VM from hardware CDROM media.
- Sort media in ascending order, not descending.
- Fix not showing selection in file chooser dialog.
- Drop non-free logo files. These files are not provided by a separate package:
  - Repository: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-boxes-nonfree/
  - Source tarballs: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-boxes-nonfree/
- Don't crash when zooming out of a removed box.
- Fixes to box thumbnail drawing/animations.
- Make paused/saved state of dark thumbnails more visible.
- Fix color of toolbar in fullscreen.
- Fix transparent topbar.
- Fix nasty flashing when clicking on toolbar.
- Add translator comment to explain 'Express Install'.
- Add missing files to POTFILES.in and POTFILES.skip.
- Add --debug configure option to set Vala & C debug flags.
- Remove exclamation mark from error messages.
- Added/updated translations:
  - Bulgarian
  - French
  - Galician
  - Norwegian bokmål
  - Spanish
  - Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong and Taiwan)
  - Vietnamese

Dependencies changed:

- libvirt-gconfig >= 0.1.0

All bugs fixed in this release:

671251 - do not include non-free content
673850 - Cannot see selection in file open dialog
674209 - Support VM creation on host w/o KVM
676029 - Make use of multicore
676256 - Cannot create VM from Live Media
677274 - Use layout managers to lay out our widgets
678455 - screenshot handling poor
678769 - Introductory banner too wide
678849 - wrong wizard step shown with live cd
678876 - Fix parsing of CSS stylesheet with gtk+ 3.4
678888 - Set post install config soon after starting domain
678894 - Live VM regressions (deleted before launch and not automatically deleted at postinstall)
678900 - express installation files not unique enough
678902 - Ugly error message when boxes creation fails
678933 - Unify deletion of machines a bit
679040 - crash in boxes_collection_view_get_path_for_item
679066 - No longer reboots during win7 unattended install
679121 - Lots of transparent with latest Adwaita
679229 - "Express Install" needs translator comment"
679293 - Add --debug configure option to set Vala & C debug flags
679429 - Remove a redundant check
679430 - vm-creator: Unhook from state-changed signal on machine deletion
679482 - vm-creator: Don't start the domain twice
679645 - Remove exclamation mark from error messages
679646 - Failed to boot from CD-ROM
679657 - Few small live box creation fixes/improvements
679666 - Improve git diff output for vala files
679706 - Remove most of 'is UnattendedInstaller' checks

All contributors to this release:

Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>
Alexander Shopov <ash kambanaria org>
Bruno Brouard <annoa b gmail com>
Cheng-Chia Tseng <pswo10680 gmail com>
Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau redhat com>
Daniel Mustieles <daniel mustieles gmail com>
Fran Diéguez <fran dieguez mabishu com>
Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas gnome org>
Marc-André Lureau <marcandre lureau gmail com>
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds gmail com>
Piotr Drąg <piotrdrag gmail com>
Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak gnome org>
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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/3.5/

Enjoy,

Christophe

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