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GNOME Boxes
	The box creation "Source Selection" screen for Boxes 3.5.
Developer(s)	The GNOME Project
Repository	gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes.git ;
Platform	GNOME
Website	wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes

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Boxes, also known as GNOME Boxes is an application of the GNOME Desktop Environment, used to access remote or virtual 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,^[1] and as a preview release in GNOME 3.4.^[2] Its primary functions are as a virtual machine manager and remote filesystem browser, utilizing the libvirt, libvirt-glib, and libosinfo technologies.^[3] 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 was originally developed by Marc-André Lureau, Zeeshan Ali, Alexander Larsson and Christophe Fergeau^[4] and is currently being maintained and developed by Zeeshan Ali.

References

^ "GNOME developers create Boxes for virtualisation". The H. November 23, 2011.
^ "A Second Release Of GNOME Boxes Is Boxed Up". Michael Larabel. Phoronix. December 21, 2011.
^ "Boxes on GNOME wiki! GNOME 3.3.x Development Series". Retrieved September 30, 2012.
^ "Boxes on GNOME wiki!". Retrieved September 30, 2012.

External links

Boxes designs on GNOME wiki

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[1] "GNOME developers create Boxes for virtualisation". The H. November 23, 2011.

[2] "A Second Release Of GNOME Boxes Is Boxed Up". Michael Larabel. Phoronix. December 21, 2011.

[3] "Boxes on GNOME wiki! GNOME 3.3.x Development Series". Retrieved September 30, 2012.

[4] "Boxes on GNOME wiki!". Retrieved September 30, 2012.

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 ==People==
-Boxes is currently being developed and maintained by Marc-André Lureau, Zeeshan Ali, Alexander Larsson and Christophe Fergeau.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes |title=Boxes on GNOME wiki!|accessdate=September 30, 2012}}</ref>
+Boxes was originally developed by Marc-André Lureau, [https://wiki.gnome.org/ZeeshanAli Zeeshan Ali], Alexander Larsson and [https://wiki.gnome.org/ChristopheFergeau Christophe Fergeau]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes |title=Boxes on GNOME wiki!|accessdate=September 30, 2012}}</ref> and is currently being maintained and developed by Zeeshan Ali.
 ==See also==