Boxes 3.3.90



We are pleased to announce a new release of Boxes.

Changes since 3.3.5.1:

- Box creation wizard:
   - Present bootable medias and user's ISO files on 'Source' page. For
     fetching/tracking user's ISOs, we make use of Tracker.
   - Teach the Wizard to accept 'qemu..://' sources.
   - Move to 'Preparation' once file/media is selected.
   - Display notification against errors during 'prepare' and 'create' steps.
     In case of 'prepare', we go back to previous step since user is very
     likely to be able to fix the issue.
   - Add mnemonic accelerator to 'Continue' button.
- More reliable tracking of installations. Previously, Boxes used to forget
  ongoing installations once user quit the application and that would lead
  to installations looping forever.
- Don't take post-installation steps for saved domains. Saved domains are
  stopped as well so them being stopped doesn't mean that first boot is done
  and its time to perform post install setup.
- Launch new domain in fullscreen, unless express installations is going to be
  performed on it.
- Make user deletion work for saved VMs.
- Leave fullscreen when going back to collection view.
- Fix the white triangle stats graph.
- Ability to disable source by manually editing source file. Useful for
  debugging.
- Added/updated translations:
  - Polish
  - Italian
- Some other functional and non-functional improvements and fixes.

Dependencies changed:

- libvirt-glib >= 0.0.5
- tracker-sparql-0.14 >=0.13.1 (NEW)

All bugs fixed in this release:

666373 - wizard: Present bootable ISO files
668211 - Unreliable post-install/live session setup
668792 - Handle errors better
669513 - Teach the Wizard to accept qemu..:// sources
669771 - Present bootable medias on 'Source' page
670174 - Don't take post-installation steps for saved domains
670239 - installer: Launch new domains in fullscreen
670256 - wizard: Add mnemonic accelerator to 'Continue' button
670359 - Fix the white triangle stats graph
670360 - Add enabled source field
670361 - Leave fullscreen when in collection view state
670362 - Delete libvirt machine even if its saved

All contributors to this release:

Luca Ferretti <lferrett gnome org>
Marc-André Lureau <marcandre lureau 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

-- 
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
FSF member#5124


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