This release also adds the --enable-ovirt configure option

Apr 24, 2013 14:45 GMT  ·  By

The first maintenance release of the GNOME Boxes 3.8 application, a GNOME tool that allows users to manage remote or virtual systems, is now available for download from the official GNOME FTP server.

GNOME Boxes 3.8.1 has been improved with various new functionality, such as usb-redirection, which is now enabled by default. The application no longer crashes if udev properties are missing.

The application now allows users to reboot the virtual box if changes to system properties are detected, even if the box is in saved state.

Correctly sized logos are now used, the --enable-ovirt configure option has been added, and live VM will be automatically deleted if the source media is also deleted.

Moreover, the box configuration is now deleted when the box is deleted by another user interface, the Create and Continue buttons from the wizard are now focused when they are sensitive.

More information about hardware requirements has been added in the user help pages.

Last but not least, the following translations have been added, updated or fixed in GNOME Boxes 3.8.1: British English, Catalan (Valencian), Finnish, Hebrew, Indonesian, Norwegian Bokmål and Simplified Chinese.

Download GNOME Boxes 3.8.1 right now from Softpedia.