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# GNOME Boxes Makes It Easier to Test Drive Linux Distros
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Creating Linux virtual machines on the GNOME desktop is about to get a whole lot easier.
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The next major release of [_GNOME Boxes_][5] is able to download popular Linux (and BSD-based) operating systems directly inside the app itself.
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Boxes is free, open-source software. It can be used to access both remote and virtual systems as it is built around [QEMU][6], KVM, and libvirt virtualisation technologies.
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For its new ISO-toting integration _Boxes_ makes use of [libosinfo][7], a database of operating systems that also provides details on any virtualized environment requirements.
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In [this (mis-titled) video][8] from GNOME developer Felipe Borges you can see just how easy the improved ‘Source Selection’ screen makes things, including the ability to download a specific ISO architecture for a given distro:
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[video](https://youtu.be/CGahI05Gbac)
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Despite it being a core GNOME app I have to confess that I have never used Boxes. It’s not that I don’t hear good things about it (I do) it’s just that I’m more familiar with setting up and configuring virtual machines in VirtualBox.
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> ‘The lazy geek inside me is going to appreciate this integration’
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Admitted it’s not exactly _difficult_ to head out and download an ISO using the browser, then point a virtual machine app to it (heck, it’s what most of us have been doing for a decade or so).
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But the lazy geek inside me is really going to appreciate this integration.
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So, thanks to this feature I’ll be unpacking Boxes on my system when GNOME 3.28 is released next March. I will be able to launch _Boxes_ , close my eyes,pick a distro from the list at random, and instantly broaden my Tux-shaped horizons.
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via: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/12/gnome-boxes-install-linux-distros-directly
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作者：[ JOEY SNEDDON ][a]
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本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出
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[a]:https://plus.google.com/117485690627814051450/?rel=author
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[1]:https://plus.google.com/117485690627814051450/?rel=author
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[2]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/category/dev
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[3]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/category/video
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[4]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/12/gnome-boxes-install-linux-distros-directly
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[5]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Boxes
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[6]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QEMU
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[7]:https://libosinfo.org/
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[8]:https://blogs.gnome.org/felipeborges/boxes-downloadable-oses/
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