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== Description == | == Description == | ||
While [https://virt-manager.org/ virt-manager] does a very good job as a virtual machine management software, it's very much tailored for system administration and virtual machines. Boxes, on the other hand, is targeted towards a typical desktop end-user who wants either a very safe and easy way to try out new operating systems or new (potentially unstable) versions of her/his favorite operating system(s), or needs to connect to a remote machine (home-office connection being a typical use-case). For this reason, Boxes does not provide many of the advanced options to tweak virtual machines provided by virt-manager. Instead, Boxes focuses on getting things working out of the box with very little input from user. | |||
That said, Boxes shares a lot of code with virt-manager project, mainly in the form of [https://libvirt.org/ libvirt], [https://libosinfo.org/ libosinfo] and [http://www.qemu-project.org/ qemu]. | |||
== Installation via Apt repository == | |||
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sudo apt install gnome-boxes | |||
</syntaxhighlight>Really easy way to setup i run a virtual machine. However some features as installing [https://os.gnome.org/ GNOME OS] (''Only works on real hardware or Flathub Boxes'') are available only via the Flatpack installation. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
* .. | * GNOME Wiki: [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes Boxes - Virtualization made simple] | ||
* ... | * FlatHub: [https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.Boxes Boxes - Virtualization made simple] | ||
* Spice-space: [https://www.spice-space.org/download.html Spice Downloads] | |||
* Chris Titus Tech on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1c5wiQhgZU Gnome Boxes - Installing Windows 10 on Linux] | |||
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Revision as of 16:32, 31 August 2022
Description
While virt-manager does a very good job as a virtual machine management software, it's very much tailored for system administration and virtual machines. Boxes, on the other hand, is targeted towards a typical desktop end-user who wants either a very safe and easy way to try out new operating systems or new (potentially unstable) versions of her/his favorite operating system(s), or needs to connect to a remote machine (home-office connection being a typical use-case). For this reason, Boxes does not provide many of the advanced options to tweak virtual machines provided by virt-manager. Instead, Boxes focuses on getting things working out of the box with very little input from user.
That said, Boxes shares a lot of code with virt-manager project, mainly in the form of libvirt, libosinfo and qemu.
Installation via Apt repository
sudo apt install gnome-boxes
Really easy way to setup i run a virtual machine. However some features as installing GNOME OS (Only works on real hardware or Flathub Boxes) are available only via the Flatpack installation.
References
- GNOME Wiki: Boxes – Virtualization made simple
- FlatHub: Boxes – Virtualization made simple
- Spice-space: Spice Downloads
- Chris Titus Tech on YouTube: Gnome Boxes – Installing Windows 10 on Linux
