Gnome Boxes

1. Install Gnome Boxes Version 46.0-stable (Ubuntu 46.0-1build1)
2. Win10 gnome boxes setup
3. Apps on Taskbar
4. USB Device Passthrough Configuration
5. virsh - Confirm VM's status
6. Copy a Gnome Boxes Virtual Image to Archive
7. Copy a Gnome Boxes Virtual Image to Archive
8. VirtIO
9. Loading Firmware to handhelds
10. Win10 gnome boxes setup
11. Spice Guest Tools on Windows
12. Copy a Gnome Boxes Virtual Image to Archive
13. Increase Disk Size
14. WinXP 64 bit Professional VM
15. Win11 VM
16. Qemu

Install Gnome Boxes Version 46.0-stable (Ubuntu 46.0-1build1)

Win10 gnome boxes setup

1. Cut and paste not working across platforms. This is resolved after Spice is installed.
2. Thetis has to capture Network interface to connect to HL2 - needs network bridge or 2nd interface.

1. ** NOTE - Perform regular Clones and snapshots throughout this process.
2. BACKUP to offsite media: Copy a Gnome Boxes Virtual Image to Archive
3. Change display to 1920 x 1080
4. Change Keyboard to "US" (Right hand end of taskbar)
5. Unpin unnecessary apps from taskbar.
6. Uninstall or Unpin apps from Start Menu (Box on right)
7. Folder app --> view--> tick "File name extensions"
8. Install Thesis and gen FFT Wisdom file
9. Download Google Chrome and install
10. Install Visual C runtime from file: Visual-C-Runtimes-All-in-One-Dec-2025.zip
11. Configure USB device passthrough in a virtual machine using libvirt and KVM
12. Download and Install Spice Spice Guest Tools on Windows

Apps on Taskbar

1. Command Prompt
2. Device Manager
3. Folder
4. Chrome
5. Notepad
6. Thesis-x64
7. OpenGd77
8. Simoco-PRM
9. Simoco-P25
10. Anytone
11. XTL-5000
12. FTM400
13. SDRSharp - AirSpy
14. ZachTec - WSPR Desktop
15. Libre Office

USB Device Passthrough Configuration

Where:
• mode: Defines the mode of the device, typically set to 'subsystem' for USB devices.
• type: Specifies the type of device, which is 'usb' in this case.
• managed: Indicates whether the device is managed by libvirt. Setting it to 'yes' allows libvirt to handle the device.
• vendor id: The unique identifier for the USB device's manufacturer.
• product id: The unique identifier for the specific USB device model.

Use virsh to confirm the status of the VMs

VirtIO

Loading Firmware to handhelds

Win10 gnome boxes setup

Spice Guest Tools on Windows

The SPICE project aims to provide a complete open source solution for remote access to virtual machines in a seamless way so you can play videos, record audio, share usb devices and share folders without complications.

Copy a Gnome Boxes Virtual Image to Archive

• Copy the image file to the new host’s path: ~/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/
• Copy the libvirt configuration XML from ~/.config/libvirt/qemu/
• Open the file, ~/.config/gnome-boxes/sources/' in the current system.
• Copy the section from “[display” … to end of this section) which belongs to your virtual machine and paste on new host.

Increase Disk Size

WinXP 64 bit Professional VM

Win11 VM

As at July 2022 Win11 requires a great deal of hacking to made work.

Windows 11 significantly raised its hardware requirements compared to Windows 10. Among the changes, it requires more RAM and storage space. It also requires a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0 and a UEFI boot environment.

GNOME Boxes doesn’t yet support TPM and UEFI environments. However, the underlying virtualization technology supports it.

Qemu