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4.1

1 year ago

What's Changed

Fix QEMU 7.0 not starting VMs using GTK or SDL displays. SPICE is only enable when spice or spice-app display are requested.
Fix --display gtk including full GL/VirGL acceleration by ensuring only one scanout is enabled.
Optimise GL/VirGL acceleration for Linux and Windows guest VMs
Fix macOS using qxl-vga to support seamless mouse and sane default resolutions.
Add network configuration to VM configuration file. Supports no network, bridged interfaces with optional persistent MAC address and isolated guests.
Fix macOS Monterey installs.
Fix macOS installs in nested VMs.
Add preliminary support for macOS Ventura
Ubuntu 22.04 users can now install virt-viewer to get access to --display spice-app
Add reactos by @mikabak in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/423
Add script to retrieve Windows product keys by @gma in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/517
Allow overriding some VM arguments via env vars by @3nprob in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/519
Remove duplicate option (usb_controller) by @diddledani in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/521
Add super-size for some Zorin options by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/522
Bind spice to localhost by @Deihim007 in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/525
Add udp port forward by @Deihim007 in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/526
Force IPv4 on android mirror by @5Dev24 in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/527
added Linux Mint 21 by @interorbital in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/528
add support for LTS daily-live testing for point releases by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/532
Small README Typo in first example by @fossrob in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/534
Updated generated docs by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/535

New Contributors

@mikabak made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/423
@gma made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/517
@3nprob made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/519
@Deihim007 made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/525
@5Dev24 made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/527
@interorbital made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/528
@fossrob made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/534

Full Changelog: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/compare/4.0...4.1

4.0

1 year ago

What's Changed

Fixed automated Windows installations by creating a local administrative user account:
- Username: Quickemu
- Password: quickemu
New release docs with cogged README by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/508
Correct batocera for release 34 by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/512
Oracle Linux 9.0 added by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/513
new release CachyOS by @vnepogodin in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/515
Add support for spice-app by @infokiller in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/510
Add multiscreen mode by @MatejSpindler in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/473
doc refresh to include option by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/516

New Contributors

@infokiller made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/510

Full Changelog: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/compare/3.16...4.0

3.16

1 year ago

What's Changed

Add some features by @radomuc in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/426
Add batocera by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/403
Additional OVMF paths for recently updated Solus hosts by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/422
Add filter to choose iso files in daily-live by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/430
Add shebang to conf and mark it as executable by @eliminmax in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/434
Mention SPICE Windows guest tools in README by @goosepirate in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/440
add support for EndeavourOS by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/449
Garuda update to quickget to support latest release by @dabrown645 in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/453
quickget: get_windows: validate that download url leads to microsoft cdn by @sdirkwinkel in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/455
Update Alma releases by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/457
removed obsolete 12.2 version by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/458
update openBSD releases by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/459
changed haiku mirror as cdn no longer resolves by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/460
add warning for unsupported fedora spins by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/461
updated mxlinux release to 21.1 by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/462
Add support for CentOS Stream by @mrshuggsy in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/464
feat: add deepin support by @heysion in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/475
Make Fedora 36 available by @daPhipz in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/477
Update NixOS releases by @DimitrisPa in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/479
add Mint Release 20.3 by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/483
add support for Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/484
Add OpenSuSE 15.4 release by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/489
Support Pop!_OS 22.04 by @pcrockett in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/493
Remove Impish at EOL 14/7/2022 by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/495
Add 11.4.0 current live release by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/503
Update latest Rocky to 9.0 release by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/506
Updates MSRs alert comment to include windows by @kaikikokuke in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/507
fix window 11 config example by @abe-101 in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/497

New Contributors

@radomuc made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/426
@eliminmax made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/434
@goosepirate made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/440
@dabrown645 made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/453
@sdirkwinkel made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/455
@mrshuggsy made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/464
@DimitrisPa made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/479
@pcrockett made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/493
@kaikikokuke made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/507

Full Changelog: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/compare/3.15...3.16

3.15

2 years ago

What's Changed

Add 22.04 support for Ubuntu and flavours by @franksmcb in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/441
fix: update debian upstream version 11.3.0 by @heysion in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/436

New Contributors

@franksmcb made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/441
@heysion made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/436

Full Changelog: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/compare/3.14...3.15

3.14

2 years ago

What's Changed

Add FreeDOS support by @nqvrg in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/374
Workaround zsync http-only failures by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/396
Add docs folder by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/366
add build-doc submodule by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/371
A little README help for SSH access into a headless VM by @dwvisser in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/388
Latest re-generated docs by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/397
Fix Garuda targets by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/400
Tidy flavour lts by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/401
fix get_opensuse and get_rockylinux hash by @takov751 in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/404
Respect edition param when quickgetting freebsd by @ranjan-purbey in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/418
Fixed boot problems and logic correction in FreeDOS support. Fixes #382 by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/421

New Contributors

@dwvisser made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/388
@ranjan-purbey made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/418

Full Changelog: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/compare/3.13...3.14

3.13

2 years ago

What's Changed

switch to version numbers fixes #376 by @popey in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/377
Add support for DragonFlyBSD by @nqvrg in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/378
Add some whitespace-formatting rules by @nqvrg in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/379
Pretty name corrections by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/387
Debian netinst nonsed by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/385
Send progress to stderr by @ymauray in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/394
RFC: Add old/obsolete/eol Ubuntu releases (hidden by default) by @diddledani in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/393

New Contributors

@popey made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/377

Full Changelog: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/compare/3.12...3.13

3.12

2 years ago

What's Changed

Complete refactor of quickget to make it easier to add/maintain OS releases and editions.
Added GhostBSD, NetBSD, Devuan
Merging updated distros - Consolidated 15 PRs by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/322
Add CachyOS support by @vnepogodin in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/245
Initial gentoo support by @guyosi in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/255
Fix Recent openSUSE Leap ISO Location by @FryDay in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/277
Pop!_OS: add 21.10 by @mifix in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/281
New release of elementaryOS 6.1 by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/282
add arcolinuxl iso to the list by @erikdubois in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/284
Added openSUSE path for OVMF by @guinuxbr in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/285
Adding KolibriOS support by @Vitalkrilov in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/286
Add Haiku support by @nqvrg in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/289
Update Debian version to 11.2.0 by @abe-101 in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/290
Add Manjaro Support all editions by @Jai-JAP in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/296
Add Alpine Linux support by @Jai-JAP in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/298
Add support for Tails Linux by @sebcode in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/308
Merging fixes - Consolidated PR of some pending bug fixes by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/323
Check for both qemu-system-x86_64 and qemu-img by @giorgiga in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/305
Fix #306 - supply dir to web_get when using wget by @Ian2020 in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/309
Replace multiple if statements with case and OR by @the-mentor in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/295
Add suport for aria2c for faster downloading if installed by @Jai-JAP in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/299
Use local isos by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/314
Project links updated to new common home by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/300
Add convenient external repository packaging info by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/318
Add support for braille terminal by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/310
Replace BSD note. by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/349
Ovmf secure firmware dedupe by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/356
Reduce future pain by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/358
Use local isos fixed by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/361
Fix all Language variations for Windows. Close #250 by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/362
void: Revert to default mirror by @zen0bit in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/350
Generated readme by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/357
Add missing escape character by @wioo in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/279
Add extra_args option in vm conf file by @wioo in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/280
Add Slackware by @laniusone in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/369

New Contributors

@vnepogodin made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/245
@guyosi made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/255
@FryDay made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/277
@mifix made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/281
@erikdubois made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/284
@guinuxbr made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/285
@Vitalkrilov made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/286
@nqvrg made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/289
@abe-101 made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/290
@Jai-JAP made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/296
@sebcode made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/308
@giorgiga made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/305
@Ian2020 made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/309
@zen0bit made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/350
@laniusone made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/369

Full Changelog: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/compare/3.11...3.12

3.11

2 years ago

What's Changed

The issues with Windows installs requiring an enterprise online account only, are finally resolved (properly). So, we are celebrating with a 3.11 WfW release edition 🥳

Prevent Windows 10/11 installs from requiring SAP enterprise accounts. Close #269 by @flexiondotorg in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/270
NixOS: add 21.11 by @0x4A6F in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/268
Improve macOS support for Big Sur and Monterey by @flexiondotorg in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/271

New Contributors

@0x4A6F made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/268

Full Changelog: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/compare/2.3.4...3.11

2.3.4

2 years ago

What's Changed

During the Windows install network interfaces are completely disabled! This is to prevent SAP online accounts being the only user authentication mechanism. On subsequent boots, following initial install, the network interface will be fully enabled.

Add Alma Linux by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/259
Add a display setting in the conf file by @patrick330602 in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/213
Re-disabled network for re-appearance of #115 by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/264
Some new features needed adding to the README by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/263

New Contributors

@patrick330602 made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/213

Full Changelog: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/compare/2.3.3...2.3.4

2.3.3

2 years ago

What's Changed

Fix port scans to be non-blocking
Add --delete-disk and --delete-vm options
Fix case statement by @lbschenkel in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/226
Go back one Win11 version by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/241
Update icon urls from lukewh -> quickemu-project by @Lukewh in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/236
Add version 8.5 to Rocky Linux by @cowboygeneral in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/238
png != svg. Causes 404 for image urls by @Lukewh in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/242
Add Oracle Linux support by @charles-hood in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/235
Add Debian support by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/243
Turn off Hibernation in Windows autounattend.xml by @cowboygeneral in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/244
Mainly pacification of shellcheck by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/257
Missing rocky appearance in final catalog by @philclifford in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/261

New Contributors

@lbschenkel made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/226
@cowboygeneral made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/238
@charles-hood made their first contribution in https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/pull/235

Full Changelog: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/compare/2.3.2...2.3.3