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'''Boxes''', also known as '''GNOME Boxes''' is an application of the [[GNOME|GNOME Desktop Environment]], used to access remote or virtual file systems.
'''Boxes''', also known as '''GNOME Boxes''' is an application of the [[GNOME|GNOME Desktop Environment]], used to access remote or virtual file systems.
==History and Functionality==
==History and Functionality==
GNOME Boxes was initially introduced as [[Beta software|beta software]] in GNOME 3.2 as of Dec 2011, and as a final release in GNOME 3.4.<ref>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAzMTM</ref> Its primary functions are as a virtual machine manager and remote filesystem browser, utilizing the [[libvirt]], libvirt-glib, and libosinfo technologies.<ref>https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/Boxes</ref> This enables the viewing of remote systems and virtual machines on other computers in addition to locally-created virtual machines. Boxes possesses the ability to create local virtual machines from a standard [[Disk image|disk image]] file, such as an [[ISO image]].
GNOME Boxes was initially introduced as [[Beta software|beta software]] in GNOME 3.3 (development branch for 3.4) as of Dec 2011, and as a preview release in GNOME 3.4.<ref>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAzMTM</ref> Its primary functions are as a virtual machine manager and remote filesystem browser, utilizing the [[libvirt]], libvirt-glib, and libosinfo technologies.<ref>https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/Boxes</ref> This enables 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 standard [[Disk image|disk image]] file, such as an [[ISO image]] while requiring minimum user input.


==People==
==People==

Revision as of 03:59, 10 June 2012

GNOME Boxes
Developer(s)GNOME project
Repository
PlatformGNOME
Websitelive.gnome.org/Boxes

Boxes, also known as GNOME Boxes is an application of the GNOME Desktop Environment, used to access remote or virtual file systems.

History and Functionality

GNOME Boxes was initially introduced as beta software in GNOME 3.3 (development branch for 3.4) as of Dec 2011, and as a preview release in GNOME 3.4.[1] Its primary functions are as a virtual machine manager and remote filesystem browser, utilizing the libvirt, libvirt-glib, and libosinfo technologies.[2] This enables 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 standard disk image file, such as an ISO image while requiring minimum user input.

People

Boxes is currently being developed and maintained by Marc-André Lureau, Zeeshan Ali, and Christophe Fergeau.[3]

See Also

References

  1. ^ http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAzMTM
  2. ^ https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/Boxes
  3. ^ http://live.gnome.org/Boxes


Please check out the "External Links." Hopefully this showcases the subject as more notable...

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