--- title: GNOME Boxes Won't Look Ancient Anymore Thanks to a Glow-Up description: GNOME Boxes is getting a complete rewrite by its sole developer Felipe Borges, moving from GTK3 to GTK4 and Libadwaita with a Flatpak-only distribution model.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-boxes-won-t-look-ancient-anymore-thanks-to-a-glow-up-vyowoarel twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GNOME Boxes Won't Look Ancient Anymore Thanks to a Glow-Up | daily.dev og:description: GNOME Boxes is getting a complete rewrite by its sole developer Felipe Borges, moving from GTK3 to GTK4 and Libadwaita with a Flatpak-only distribution model.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-boxes-won-t-look-ancient-anymore-thanks-to-a-glow-up-vyowoarel og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VYowoArel.png og:image:alt: GNOME Boxes Won't Look Ancient Anymore Thanks to a Glow-Up og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GNOME Boxes Won't Look Ancient Anymore Thanks to a Glow-Up **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GNOME Boxes is getting a complete rewrite by its sole developer Felipe Borges, moving from GTK3 to GTK4 and Libadwaita with a Flatpak-only distribution model. Key improvements include automatic Windows 11 installation with Secure Boot and virtual TPM support, a redesigned Properties dialog with seven sections, VSOCK-based SSH access to guests, and early port forwarding. The beta is available via the GNOME Nightly Flatpak repo, though some rough edges remain including an EndeavourOS installation error and a VM crash during snapshot testing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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