EmuGUI v2.1.0.5702_dev "Fatima Nejla" (Dev Release 3)

WARNING

• This is a pre-release, so please don't use this for any productive purposes.
• You now need the latest version of your Linux distribution or at least Windows 10 to get official support for this release.

Changes compared to v2.0.6.5617

• Thanks to Mizuki, we now have more flexible Windows-specific code.
• As per the depreciation policy, the old USB Tablet checkbox has been removed for good.

Foreported

From v2.0.7.5618

• When creating new VMs, you can now choose custom BIOS files again.

From v2.0.8.5619

• The keyboard layout is now set correctly.

From v2.0.9.5620 (kinda)

• ARM machines are now defaulted to "virt" by EmuGUI. (or at least they should be)

Changes compared to v2.1.0.5701_dev

• The VM table on the database can now save information which you would set when starting the VM (excluding TPM information).
  • The bootfrom part has been added afterwards.
• The VM dialogs now show UI elements for those settings.
• The time settings can now be enabled and disabled in the VM dialogs using the RTC checkbox.
• The floppy seems to be able to get set on the dialogs.
• The newcomers can now be saved onto the database permanently.
• The CD Browse buttons work now.
• A class for storing VMs is on its way to replace the bad temporary file saving practice with good OOP practice.
  • The VHD variable had to be added.
  • The addargs also had to be added.
• The edit VM dialog is being adapted to the new OOP-based approach. The following has already been added:
  • Name (now fully adapted)
  • Architecture
  • Machine
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • Basic VHD settings
  • VGA
  • Network
  • BIOS location & files
  • Additional arguments
  • Sound card
  • Linux settings
  • Mouse
  • CPU cores
  • Keyboard type & layout
  • USB Controller & Support
  • Hardware Acceleration
  • HDD Controller
  • CD Controllers
  • CDs
  • Floppy
  • "Boot from" option
  • Time option
• The Win2k checkbox is to be removed because of the OOP adaption.
  • The Edit VM dialog will now turn the Win2k optimisations off regardless of what you really want.
• The Edit VM dialog would now use the new OOP-based initialisation instead of the file-based one.
  • A log text had to be adjusted.
• A new Start VM dialog has already been designed.
  • The code is in preparation.
    • The vmdata can be passed on to the new Start VM dialog.
    • The icon would be shown.
    • The database connection would be set up.
    • The old code for actually starting the VM is used as a base.
      • References are changed to the new OOP ones.
        • Media
        • Date and time
        • Architecture selection
        • Base command
        • HDA Addition
        • The following other parameters:
          • Machine
          • CPU
          • VGA
          • Network
          • USB
          • BIOS Directory
          • Sound
          • Kernel
          • Linux initrd
          • Linux cmd args
          • Mouse
          • BIOS file
          • Additional args
          • Acceleration
          • TPM
      • Clicking the corresponding button should start it now.
  • The main dialog is now opening that instead of the old one.
• The vmdata converter has been removed again.
• Editing the VM is now implemented.
• Preparations for one-time edits have begun.
  • One-time edit functions are prepared.
  • One-time edit is implemented.
  • One-time edit can be accessed.
• The HDA stuff had to be migrated.

Known issues

• Unfortunately, you might have to run EmuGUI from the terminal on Linux.
• You will not be notified about any more updates for now as update.txt will not be updated.
• As for the TPM functionality, you must run mkdir (insert-path-here) and swtpm socket --tpm2 --tpmstate dir=(insert-path-here) --ctrl type=unixio,path=(insert-path-here)/swtpm-sock --log level=20 in a terminal (You can leave the --tpm2 argument away tho if you plan to use TPM 1.2 instead).
• The QCOW2 format is prone to not work for some Windows VMs.
• The new settings aren't applied yet. However, as the way to temporarily save VM settings is to be changed anyway, this won't be fixed until then.