INTRODUCTION

Qemu Launcher is a GTK+ front-end to QEMU computer emulator. It provides
all the functionality that you would expect from an application of this
kind, while not being a cluttered mess of buttons.

Having every possible button on screen adds little to no value in terms
of usability. Therefore Qemu Launcher tries to keep out of your way
whenever possible. Whereas all the advanced features are only a single
click away.


FUNCTIONALITY

Qemu Launcher provides a graphical front-end to all basic, and many
advanced QEMU computer emulator options. It allows you to create, save,
and run multiple virtual machine configurations, create disk images.

Qemu Launcher utilizes the full system emulation mode of QEMU that
allows you to run unmodified operating system on virtual hardware. As
the guest operating system is isolated from the real hardware, it is
very safe to use.

Depending on your hardware and software configuration, several methods
may be used to run the emulator in close to native speed. This includes
the QEMU accelerator kernel module (kqemu), and Linux kernel based
virtual machine (KVM).

While being a graphical application, Qemu Launcher can also be used to
launch previously defined virtual machines from the command line, by
specifying the name as argument:

  qemu-launcher 'Configuration name'

Note that you still need a graphical environment to do this, unless the
virtual machine is set to start in non-graphics mode.


LICENSE

Qemu Launcher is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
version 2 or later. It comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.


AUTHORS

Originally written by Erik Meitner <emeitner@f2o.org>
Currently developed by Linas Žvirblis <0x0007@gmail.com>


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For more information visit the following sites:

  https://gna.org/projects/qemulaunch/
  http://emeitner.f2o.org/qemu_launcher/

You may also want to take a look at GNOME FILES software repository,
where you can rate and review the project:

  http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/Qemu_Launcher

Please do not use it as a support forum. We have other places for this.


HELP AND SUPPORT

For general questions, suggestions, and sharing experience with other
users, you are advised to use a public mailing list:

  https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/qemulaunch-dev/

Bug reports should be submitted via a bug tracker:

  https://gna.org/bugs/?group=qemulaunch

If in doubt, you are also free to contact Linas by email directly.
