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novafunc ( novafunc@discuss.tchncs.de )  to Gnome@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 2 months ago

The Future of GNOME Boxes

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The Future of GNOME Boxes

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novafunc ( novafunc@discuss.tchncs.de )  to Gnome@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 2 months ago
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I have spent the last two years rebuilding GNOME Boxes from the ground up, driven by three main factors. I spoke extensively about this effort in my recent Linux App Summit, GUADEC 2025 and 2026 talks, but today I am excited to share the result for general testing. First, shifting to a Flatpak-first (and only)...
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  • bordam ( bordam@feddit.it ) 
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    Boxes is so goated. Every other VM software for linux seems unnecessarily complicated. We all know how a “good” VM is: hardware accelerated, optional host integration, optional GPU passthrough, easy way to connect to the network. This stuff should work OOTB, but it almost never works ootb in other software. Boxes is like UTM for linux

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    Awesome, looking forward to trying the new version

  • brokenwing ( brokenwing@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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    Yes its needed. There are some serious bugs that needs ironing out.

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