From 52f00820b803b2ab716a7e0ed859820cc585fb41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ezio Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 15:39:09 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?20171209-11=20=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...s It Easier to Test Drive Linux Distros.md | 45 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20171204 GNOME Boxes Makes It Easier to Test Drive Linux Distros.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20171204 GNOME Boxes Makes It Easier to Test Drive Linux Distros.md b/sources/tech/20171204 GNOME Boxes Makes It Easier to Test Drive Linux Distros.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..42556932c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20171204 GNOME Boxes Makes It Easier to Test Drive Linux Distros.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +# GNOME Boxes Makes It Easier to Test Drive Linux Distros + +![GNOME Boxes Distribution Selection](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/GNOME-Boxes-INstall-Distros-750x475.jpg) + +Creating Linux virtual machines on the GNOME desktop is about to get a whole lot easier. + +The next major release of  [_GNOME Boxes_][5]  is able to download popular Linux (and BSD-based) operating systems directly inside the app itself. + +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. + +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. + +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: + +[video](https://youtu.be/CGahI05Gbac) + +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. + +> ‘The lazy geek inside me is going to appreciate this integration’ + +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). + +But the lazy geek inside me is really going to appreciate this integration. + +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. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/12/gnome-boxes-install-linux-distros-directly + +作者：[ JOEY SNEDDON ][a] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]:https://plus.google.com/117485690627814051450/?rel=author +[1]:https://plus.google.com/117485690627814051450/?rel=author +[2]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/category/dev +[3]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/category/video +[4]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/12/gnome-boxes-install-linux-distros-directly +[5]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Boxes +[6]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QEMU +[7]:https://libosinfo.org/ +[8]:https://blogs.gnome.org/felipeborges/boxes-downloadable-oses/