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qqX - quickemu quickget X terminal project

SPIN-OFF, NEXT LEVEL FRONT-END FOR THE POPULAR QUICKEMU SYSTEM

  • Adds fixes, tools and general improvements to both Quickemu and Quickget

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  • Huge, easy build range of installation-ready distros and desktops

  • Allows the easy running of Linux, Windows, MacOS, etc with QEMU / KVM

Simply Better​

  • Rapid development, simplified interface system, for easy extra features

  • Safe, simple to follow code, carefully written and carefully checked

  • More up-to-date and much easier to mod than Gnome Boxes or VirtualBox

  • Much simpler than the Qemu front-ends based on LibVirt.

Rolling release​

qqX's built-in code system ensures that any new input can be quickly put to work

No waiting months for Quickemu bug fixes and changes

Built in Auto Translation​

 [tx] traduire de l'anglais   [set] open settings file in text editor  [conf] view or edit .conf file

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Interface system allows parallel auto-translations in over 51 languages

Ease of the GUI​

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  • Download, right click and install

Power and simplicity of the command line​

  • Search the quickget distro list with simple alphabetical zooming

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  • Filter distros by type: gaming, ultra-light, server ....
  >  fl

  1)  all      2)  desktop     3)  server-cl     4)  gaming     5)  ultra-light    6)  security

  CURRENT FILTER  =  DESKTOP  =  All distros, minus the server list. The mainly Desktop focused distros.

  [number] to reselect   [enter] to return
  • Includes distro homepage browser, link checker and download size reportage
  HomePage = <https://www.fedoraproject.org/> (working)

  Checking releases. May need to check on-line and may take time ...

    1)  42                  2)  41                  3)  40

  Give LIST number of Release

  [s] scroll to next listing  [p] to previous  [r] reload/refresh/retry

  [w] to open listed page with web browser  [W] qqX webpages  [b] back to main menu

  >

Straightforward and easy to work with​

  • Choice of Custom Menus or 5 built-in menu styles

  • Distro storage size analysis and size disparity checks

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  • And extended stop, start and resume for downloads

Easy utilities​

  • Safeguard your machines with easy snapshot management

  • Make sure drives are healthy with Qcow2 repair, resize and diagnostics

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  • Edit machine partitions by booting from maintenance ISO's

  • View inside virtual machines using a file manager

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  • Adjust configurations with the tune-up wizard

  • And more

How to Install​

For standard Linux, most users will only need to install qemu spice-gtk and qqX

  • Some distro versions may need curl 7z jq bc and possibly xrandr

  • Quickemu and Quickgui may also be installed but are not essential.

That's it.

Reliability​

  • Fully compatible with existing Quickemu machines

  • All scripts are carefully Shellcheck linted and have full error handling routines.

  • Built-in updater included

See Docs for more details