Unsupported
Runs virtual machines through libvirt and KVM; there is no /dev/kvm for apps on Android.
Containers and virtual machines
| Platform | Standard | VM |
|---|---|---|
| Android, ARM64 | Unsupported | Untested |
| GooglebookOS, ARM64 | Unsupported | Untested |
| GooglebookOS, x86-64 | Unsupported | Untested |
| ChromeOS, ARM64 | Unsupported | Untested |
| ChromeOS, x86-64 | Unsupported | Untested |
About Boxes (gnome-boxes)
From the project's description
Select an operating system and let Boxes download and install it for you in a virtual machine.
Features:
- Download freely available operating systems
- Automatically install CentOS Stream, Debian, Fedora, Microsoft Windows, OpenSUSE, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Ubuntu
- Create virtual machines from operating system images with a couple of clicks
- Limit the resources (memory and storage) your virtual machines consume from your system
- Take snapshots of virtual machines to restore to previous states
- Redirect USB devices from your physical machine into virtual machines
- 3D acceleration for some of the supported operating systems
- Automatically resize virtual machines displays to the window size
- Share clipboard between your system and virtual machines
- Share files to virtual machines by dropping them from your file manager into the Boxes window
- Setup Shared Folders between your system and virtual machines
From the project's AppStream metadata in Debian's gnome-boxes package, under CC0-1.0.
- Developer
- The GNOME Project
- Keywords
- virtual machine, vm
- Menu categories
- Emulators, Development, System
Dependencies
Depends on
genisoimagelibosinfo-binlibvirt-daemon-systemuser-session-migrationdconf-gsettings-backendorgsettings-backendlibarchive13t64libc6libcairo2libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0libglib2.0-0t64libgtk-3-0t64libgudev-1.0-0libhandy-1-0libosinfo-1.0-0libportal-gtk3-1libportal1libsoup-3.0-0libspice-client-glib-2.0-8libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5libusb-1.0-0libvirt-glib-1.0-0libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0libxml2
Sources and licenses
- Name, summary and description: the project's AppStream metadata in Debian's gnome-boxes package, under CC0-1.0.
- Icon: the project's own, from Debian's AppStream icon cache for the gnome-boxes package; the project's license is LGPL-2.1+.
- Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
- Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.
More in About the catalog.