Gnome boxes virtual machine creation and installation

  GNOME Boxes It's a similar VirtualBox and VM Ware Virtualization tools for , Focus on the desktop Linux. It provides a simple GUI To create and manage virtual operating systems , And it's better than common ones VirtualBox More lightweight , The virtual machine starts faster , Smoother , And the installation is simple , Directly use the following command line to install ：

sudo apt install gnome-boxes

I am here Boxes Run in Windows 10 And achieved good results . The disadvantage is that it is not yet supported 3D Speed up , So graphics performance is not always good .

However, compared with the often puzzling problems Virtualbox And charged VMware Come on , If you only need basic functions , And want to be in Linux Top mount Windows virtual machine , Then you don't need to use the above two programs at all ,GNOME BOXES Fully meet your needs ！！Boxes yes GTK+ A software developed , The graphical interface is beautiful and the introduction is intuitive , Even buttons and this option make everything simple ！！

  Here's how it works in GNOME Boxes Start and run quickly Windows 10.

1. start-up GNOME Boxes And click the sign in the upper left corner , choice “ Create a virtual machine ” Button .
2. Select the... Of the operating system you want to install ISO. If you have downloaded Windows Install media （ Or any other ISO file ） To local , select “ Search for system image files ” Options .

        3. On the next screen , by Windows The customer system assigns at least 3 GB Memory and 20 GB Of disk space . Use 6 GB Memory and 34 GB disk space , Virtual machines will run more comfortably . Here you can choose the right disk space .

         4. single click “ establish ” Button , routine Windows The installer will start .

Let the installation take its course . After installation , You will see the general first start wizard for setting up user accounts .

Share files and clipboard

Share clipboard

After creating the virtual machine , You should also need to share files and clipboards between the virtual machine and the host system . Let's say we have Linux The text on the system wants to be copied directly to the virtual machine Windows In the system , You need to share the clipboard function , In our virtual machine Windows In the system , We need to download and install the following two software :

Window guest tool as well as stable VirtIO.

Window guest tool The tool download path is “Guest” The title is “Windows binaries” Under the heading “Windows guest tool” The location of .

 Stable VirtIO download be known as virtio-win-gt Of msi file ( x64 or x86).

Restart after installation Windows System , You will open the door to a new world ！ Not only the screen size is more suitable for the current computer , And the feeling of experience is extremely smooth , At the same time, there is no need to worry about copying and pasting between different systems .

Shared files

stay windows Download and install the following software in the system ：
spice-webdavd

restart Windows After the system , Select the three points on the right ：

choice “ attribute ” Button , choice “ Equipment and sharing ” Options , Choose shared folder , take Linux The system needs to add shared disks

  restart Windows The system can view in the file manager Z disc , namely Linux Shared disk under the system . This completes the sharing of files between different systems .