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start [2019/03/28 16:43] – krishna405start [2020/12/27 08:02] – Xfce GIT master VM images Quick Start Guide m4u9
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-The digital landscape is ever changing. It exists in a constant state of evolution and revolution, driven by new innovations. For consumers this means more convenience, more choice and greater access. For businesses this means improved productivity, more efficient processes, faster problem-solving with greater accountability, and a wealth of opportunity. +{{ :xfce-64x64.png?nolink|}}
-Of course, technology is also a double-edged sword!+
  
-Threats to your business’ cyber security are also in a constant state of change and evolution. With each year it seems that one business or another has been brought to its knees by malware, security breaches and data theft. Just as legitimate software developers are constantly at work devising and refining efficient digital solutions, so are their criminal counterparts. Fortunately, for every digital malcontent trying to compromise the networks of legitimate businesses, there’s a cyber security engineer hard at work on pre-empting their malicious attacks. Nevertheless, it is important for business owners to make themselves knowledgeable about the issue of cyber security and the tools at their disposal as we head into a new year.+===Introduction=== 
 +This page is meant as guide for the use of Virtual Machine images created for Xfce developers and users who wish to test and preview the latest builds of Xfce coming from GIT Master branch. The images are based on openSUSE Xfce RAT, which is the [https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/X11:xfce:rat Xfce Development OBS Repository for Tumbleweed.] The build process is fully automated and happens regularly giving users qcow2 disk images with Xfce's latest builds based on openSUSE's rolling release Tumbleweed.
  
-The biggest data breaches of 2018 +Currently there are qcow2 images for KVM & Xen but support for Virtual Box, VMware and Vagrant are in the works. 
- [[https://www.fieldengineer.com/blogs/cyber-security-in-2019|Cyber Security breaches]] can affect any business at any time. No business is too small or too large to be immune. Make no mistake, when you go into business for yourself, you paint a target on your back at which cyber criminals will take aim. + 
 +The "vanilla" disk image ships Xfce completely unmodified from Git sources and without any openSUSE visual tweakings. This gives Xfce devs (and testers alike) who want to build and test software inside a complete Xfce environment the most convenient way to do so. 
 + 
 + 
 +===Download=== 
 + 
 +* [https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/xfce:/rat:/images:/upstream/images/ KVM & Xen image "vanilla" version] 
 + 
 + 
 +===Setup with GNOME Boxes=== 
 +Once downloaded, these qcow2 can be used "out of the box". The most convenient way is to import them in '''gnome-boxes''' aka Boxes, which is a simple application for managing virtual machines through QEMU, KVM and libvirt. Boxes imports and boot the images easily and focuses on getting things working out of the box with very little input from user. 
 +Read more about it on their [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes website]. 
 +<gallery perrow=4> 
 +File:Gnome-boxes-create-vm.png|1. Create Virtual Machine 
 +File:Gnome-boxes-select-image.png|2. Select "Operating System Image File" 
 +File:Gnome-boxes-select-image2.png|3. Browse Downloaded Image 
 +File:Gnome-boxes-review-and-create.png|4. Costumize Memory and Create 
 +</gallery> 
 + 
 +===First Boot=== 
 +When these images are imported they can be launched and a "first time boot" wizard will guide you through a basic setup. 
 +<gallery perrow=4> 
 +File:gnome-boxes-running.png|1. Open Newly Created Virtual Machine 
 +File:gnome-boxes-grub.png|2. Boot from Grub 
 +File:gnome-boxes-first-boot-wizard.png|3. Follow the First Boot Setup Steps 
 +File:gnome-boxes-loaded-opensuse.png|4. Have a lot of fun! 
 +</gallery> 
 + 
 + 
 +===Maintenance=== 
 +Once inside the guest virtual machine up and running, you can maintain the setup and update it like a regular Tumbleweed system by running the following command in a terminal. 
 +<pre>sudo zypper dup</pre> 
 + 
 +This command will fetch all the latest packages from both the Tumbleweed distribution and OBS [https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/X11:xfce:rat X11:xfce:rat] repo. 
 + 
 +===Building from sources=== 
 +Although Xfce components come in pre-compiled packages regularly updated, it is possible to build directly from source code. Fetching all the necessary dependencies can be easily achieved by the commands <code>zypper source-install</code> or <code>zypper si</code> followed by package name. 
 +Example: 
 + 
 +<pre>sudo zypper si libxfce4ui</pre> 
 + 
 +The command above fetches all the dependencies needed to build libxfce4ui. Other commands and examples for the Zypper package manager can also be found in this [https://en.opensuse.org/images/1/17/Zypper-cheat-sheet-1.pdf cheat-sheet.] 
 + 
 + 
 +===Alternatives to Boxes === 
 +While Boxes is the easiest way there are of course quite a few others like virt-manager, virt-install or Cockpit Web console. All of them are expected to work like any other solution supporting qcow disk images. 
 + 
 +===== General =====  
 +  * [[API Documentation]] 
 +  * [[related_websites|Xfce Related Websites]] 
 +  * [[howto|How-to Pages]] 
 +  * [[tips|Tips & Tricks]] 
 +  * [[events|Events related to Xfce]] 
 +  * [[testing/xfce-test | Xfce-Test Docker Container Quick Start Guide]] 
 +  * [[http://www.xfce.org/about/releasemodel|Release Model]] 
 +  * [[http://www.xfce.org/download/building|Building Xfce]] 
 +  * [[https://docs.xfce.org/contribute/bugs/bug-summary|Open Bug Summary]] 
 +  * [[https://docs.xfce.org/contribute/start| Information for new contributors]] 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +=====  Release Specific =====  
 + 
 +  * [[releng:4.16:roadmap|Xfce 4.16 - Schedule, Status and Roadmaps]] 
 +  * [[releng:4.14:roadmap|Xfce 4.14 - Schedule, Status and Roadmaps]] 
 +  * [[releng:4.12:roadmap|Xfce 4.12 ]] 
 +  * [[releng:4.10|Xfce 4.10]] 
 +  * [[releng:4.6:start|Xfce 4.8]] 
 +  * [[releng:4.6:start|Xfce 4.6]] 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +=====  By component =====  
 +  * [[thunar:dev|thunar]] 
 +  * [[thunarx-python|thunarx-python]] 
 +  * [[vala-bindings|Vala bindings]] 
 +  * [[xfce4-panel:dev|xfce4-panel]] 
 +  * [[xfce4-power-manager:dev|xfce4-power-manager]] 
 +  * [[:apps:xfce4-screensaver:configuration:|Screensaver Utility (xfce4-screensaver)]] 
 +  * [[mousepad:dev|mousepad]] 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +=====  Special Interest Groups =====  
 + 
 +  * [[design:start|Design SIG]] 
 +  * [[sig_germany:start|German Xfce Promoters]] 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Projects ===== 
 +  * [[projects:goodies-decomm:start| Migration and Decommissioning of goodies.xfce.org]] 
 + 
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 + 
 +[[graveyard|Old, unused Wiki pages]] 
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