Multipass v1.16.0

v1.16.0Desktop

1.16.0

Added 5
  • Custom image launch is now supported on macOS and Windows with file:// or https:// URLs
  • GUI button to launch and configure next instance to facilitate reusing launch configurations
  • Terminal zoom support in GUI using Ctrl or ⌘ with +, -, or 0
  • Support for the QEMU driver on ARM Linux hosts
  • Start VMs with the Open shell button
Changed 4
  • GUI now remembers window size and provides better default sizes
  • Improve copy-paste support
  • Improve gRPC security with standard mTLS
  • Update almost all dependencies and move some more to Vcpkg
Fixed 2
  • Fix crash conditions in multiple areas
  • Fix issues with mounts, file transfer, and SSH
Deprecated 2
  • LXD and libvirt drivers are being deprecated and will be removed in the next feature release
  • Blueprints are being deprecated and will be removed in the next feature release

Multipass version 1.16.0

We're pleased to announce Multipass 1.16.0, where the entire code base became fully open source! This is a consolidation release, bringing a ton of improvements to our GUI, fixes to the Multipass daemon/service, as well as important security enhancements.

Notices 📣
  • Fully open source. Previously proprietary bits for Windows and macOS are now part of this repository.
  • Our documentation has been migrated to ReadTheDocs and included in this repository.
  • LXD and libvirt drivers are being deprecated, along with blueprints. The plan is to remove them in the next feature release.
  • This is also likely to be the last release that will support macOS 13.
Spotlight 🌟
  • Custom image launch! It is now supported on macOS and Windows too (with file:// or https:// URLs).
  • GUI improvements:
    • Facilitate reusing launch configurations with a button to "Launch and configure next"
    • Support zoom in the terminal (use Ctrl or together with +, -, or 0)
  • Support the QEMU driver on ARM Linux hosts
Other highlights ✨
  • Start VMs with the "Open shell" button
  • Remember window size + better default sizes
  • Improve copy-paste support
  • Improve gRPC security with standard mTLS
  • Update almost all our dependencies and move some more to Vcpkg
  • Fix 5 different crash conditions (#3978, #4004, #4006, #4010, #4016)
  • Fix issues with mounts, file transfer, and SSH (#3902, #3971, #3959, #4007)

See also the v1.16.0 milestone for more details.

New contributors 🤝

Special thanks to our new contributors :wink:

Feedback 🗣️

Please file issues on the Multipass GitHub for problems and feature requests, or join the Multipass Discourse forum to chat. You can also find us in the Multipass room on Matrix. See you there :slightly_smiling_face:

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