Qemu Launcher

Qemu Launcher is a Gtk front-end for the Qemu x86 PC emulator. Qemu is a command line application so I wrote this so that Qemu is more accessible from the desktop.

Project page at Gna.org1)

• Create and save multiple VM configurations;
• Disk image creation from the GUI using 'qemu-img';
• Configurations stored in users home directory;
• Disk images can be stored anywhere;
• GUI options to allow control of *most* QEMU command line options.

Report bugs here.(feature requests too!)

• Perl - 5.8.8
• Perl modules:
  • Gtk2 - 1.121
  • Gtk2::GladeXML - 1.005
  • Locale::gettext - 1.05
• QEMU - 0.8.1

Needed at build time:

• gzip
• xmllint from libxml2

• V1.7.4

  Another maintenance release:
    * Use QCOW2 as default image format;
    * Provide a default entry in path to 'qemuctl'.

• V1.7.3

    A very minor bugfix release:
    * Do not call GTK+ functions in non-interactive mode;
    * Only enable accelerator options if target arch is x86(-64).

• V1.7.2

    * Blanks are no longer accepted as valid paths to emulator binaries;
    * Log button state is now correctly reset on VM change;
    * Switched to Glade 3;
    * Minor GUI improvements.

• V1.7.0

    * Minimal required version of QEMU is 0.8.1;
    * Added support for these QEMU options:
        * x86 and x86-64 PC emulation,
        * SMP system emulation,
        * advanced network options,
        * 8 network interface cards,
        * accelerator kernel module;
    * GNOME libraries not used anymore;
    * Does not ship Debian packaging files anymore;
    * i18n support;
    * Cleaner interface;
    * Installable anywhere;
    * New icon;
    * Many other fixes and modifications.

• V1.5 - Fixed 'variable not allowed to be undef where GtkTreeIter is wanted' error. Does not use keyboard option(-k) unless user chooses other than "Default" layout. (Will no longer force "en-us" on people) Add monitor(-monitor) and serial(-serial) redirection options. Parallel(-parallel) option I left out because I am unsure of the possible arguments.
• V1.4 - Fix obsolete '-keyboard' option. Add input for path to qemu-img. Update docs. Other minor changes to Debian package.
• V1.3 - Important bug fix. README update. Message catalog template updated in source. Added pre-launch command.
• V1.2 - Now works with(requires) Qemu 0.6.1. Better labels and tool tips for disk image file choosers. Added new options: Keyboard, port redirection, SMB server, full screen, load vm state.
• V1.1 - Minor bug fixes
• V1.0 - Initial Release!

Version 1.8 is already being developed. Primary focus is currently on reworking the GUI. Here is a preview screenshot.

The lastest code is now kept on the Subversion server at Gna.org:

• http://gna.org/svn/?group=qemulaunch

• http://download.gna.org/qemulaunch/
• Qemu is now in the Debian repositories: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/otherosfs/qemu-launcher