Linux VM 0.3.1

Linux VM 0.3.1

• Quick actions in the list. Right-click a virtual machine in the sidebar to start or shut it down, rename it, show it in Finder, or delete it, without opening its page.

The guest tools are unchanged since 0.3.0.

Linux VM 0.3.0

Linux VM 0.3.0

• Fedora and KDE Plasma. The guest tools now support Fedora 44 Workstation, Fedora 45 KDE Plasma Desktop, and KDE Plasma on Ubuntu 26.04 (Kubuntu's desktop). The Guest Tools disc carries a package for Ubuntu and one for Fedora, and sh install.sh picks the right one.
• The shared clipboard works in KDE Plasma, for text and images, both ways.
• Shut Down works in KDE Plasma. With the guest tools, the VM's power button shuts Linux down instead of opening a logout prompt. So Shut Down in the app, and before an update, finishes on its own.
• The VM's page shows its desktop, such as GNOME 50 or KDE Plasma 6.8, and whether the shared clipboard works.
• New VMs are named after their installer image, such as "Fedora KDE".

To update the guest tools in a VM, open the LINUXVM-TOOLS disc in Linux's file manager. In KDE Plasma's Dolphin, click the disc to open it. Run sh install.sh in a terminal there, then log out and back in.

Fedora 45 Workstation, with GNOME 51, hasn't been tested yet, and the shared clipboard stays off there for now.

Linux VM 0.2.1

Linux VM 0.2.1

• Guest tools 0.2.2. Removing the guest tools from Linux no longer leaves a folder behind. A virtual machine's details show when the disc has a newer version. To update, open the LINUXVM-TOOLS disc in Linux, run sh install.sh in a terminal there, then log out and back in.

If a virtual machine is running, this update waits for it. The Update button in the Linux VM window shuts your virtual machines down and then installs it.

Linux VM 0.2.0

Linux VM 0.2.0

• Automatic updates. Linux VM now checks for new versions and installs them for you. It asks once whether to check automatically, and Linux VM → Check for Updates… checks right away.
• Updates wait for your virtual machines. An update never installs while a virtual machine is running. When one is ready, the window shows an Update button that shuts your virtual machines down and then installs it.
• Third-party licenses. Help → Third-Party Licenses lists the open-source software inside the app. Each release's complete source is published next to it.
• Open source. Linux VM's own code is public under the MIT License.

Install this version by hand: version 0.1.0 can't update itself. Later versions arrive automatically.