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The Future of GNOME Boxes
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For engineers using Linux desktops, this shift means the virtual machine manager will no longer rely on host services or privileged daemons, simplifying deployment on immutable systems. The beta release also introduces out-of-the-box Windows 11 support and VSOCK-based SSH access to guests, though it remains unsuitable for production environments.
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The application now bundles its entire libvirt and qemu backend within a Flatpak, abandoning support for traditional distribution-specific installations.
The user interface has migrated to GTK4 and Libadwaita, replacing the older SPICE display widget with Libmks.
New networking capabilities include automatic Windows 11 configuration and SSH access to guests via a VSOCK device for systems running systemd v256 or newer.
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