distrobox

Distrobox previous logo credits j4ckr3d current logo credits David Lapshin Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Distrobox uses podman, docker or lilipod to create containers using the Linux distribution of your choice. The created container will be tightly integrated with the host, allowing sharing of the HOME directory of the user, external storage, external USB devices and graphical apps (X11/Wayland), and audio. Documentation - Matrix Room - Telegram Group WarningDocumentation on GitHub strictly refers to the code in the main branch. For the official documentation Head over https://distrobox.it Distrobox What it does See it in action Why? Aims Security implications Quick Start Assemble Distrobox Configure Distrobox Installation Building from source Dependencies Install Podman without root Compatibility Supported container managers Host Distros Install on the Steamdeck Containers Distros Usage Outside the distrobox distrobox-assemble distrobox-create distrobox-enter distrobox-ephemeral distrobox-generate-entry distrobox-list distrobox-rm distrobox-stop distrobox-upgrade Inside the distrobox distrobox-export distrobox-host-exec distrobox-init Configure distrobox Useful tips Launch a distrobox from your applications list Create a distrobox with a custom HOME directory Mount additional volumes in a distrobox Use a different shell than the host Run the container with real root Run Debian/Ubuntu container behind proxy Using a command other than sudo to run a rootful container Duplicate an existing distrobox Export to the host Execute commands on the host Resolve "Error cannot open display: :0" Enable SSH X-Forwarding when SSH-ing in a distrobox Using init system inside a distrobox Using Docker inside a Distrobox Using Podman inside a Distrobox Using LXC inside a Distrobox Using Waydroid inside a Distrobox Manual Installation Automated Installation Using host's Podman or Docker inside a Distrobox Using distrobox as main cli Using a different architecture Using the GPU inside the container Using nvidia-container-toolkit Slow creation on podman and image size getting bigger with distrobox create Container save and restore Check used resources Pre-installing additional package repositories Apply resource limitation on the fly Posts Announcing the next generation of Distrobox Distrobox Next architecture Create a dedicated distrobox container Execute a command on the Host Install Podman in HOME Install Lilipod in HOME Install on Steamdeck Integrate VSCode and Distrobox Run Libvirt using distrobox Run latest GNOME and KDE Plasma using distrobox Featured Articles Articles Run Distrobox on Fedora Linux - Fedora Magazine DistroBox – Run Any Linux Distribution Inside Linux Terminal - TecMint Distrobox: Try Multiple Linux Distributions via the Terminal - It's FOSS Distrobox - How to quickly deploy a Linux distribution with GUI applications via a container Using Distrobox To Augment The Package Selection On Clear Linux - Phoronix Benchmark: benefits of Clear Linux containers (distrobox) - Phoronix Distrobox - A great item in the Linux toolbelt - phmurphy's blog Distrobox: Run (pretty much) any Linux distro under almost any other - TheRegister Day-to-day differences between Fedora Silverblue and Ubuntu - castrojo's blog Distrobox is Awesome - Running Window Manager and Desktop environments using Distrobox Japanese input on Clear Linux with Mozc via Ubuntu container with Distrobox MID (MaXX Interactive Desktop) on Clear Linux via Ubuntu container with Distrobox Running Other Linux Distros with Distrobox on Fedora Linux - bandithijo's blog Talks and Videos Linux App Summit 2022 - Distrobox: Run Any App On Any Distro - BoF Opensource Summit 2022 - Distrobox: Run Any App On Any Distro A "Box" Full of Tools and Distros - Dario Faggioli @ OpenSUSE Conference 2022 Podman Community Meeting October 4, 2022 Distrobox opens the Steam Deck to a whole new world (GUIDE) - GamingOnLinux CERN - Containerization as a means of extending the lifetime of HDL development tools How to Code with Distrobox on the Steam Deck Why you should be running the MicroOS Desktop Podcasts What it does Simply put it's a fancy wrapper around podman, docker, or lilipod to create and start containers which are highly integrated with the hosts. The distrobox environment is based on an OCI image. This image is used to create a container that seamlessly integrates with the rest of the operating system by providing access to the user's home directory, the Wayland and X11 sockets, networking, removable devices (like USB sticks), systemd journal, SSH agent, D-Bus, ulimits, /dev and the udev database, etc... It implements the same concepts introduced by https://github.com/containers/toolbox, keeping integration and broad host compatibility as primary goals. All the props go to them as they had the great idea to implement this stuff. distrobox is shipped as a single binary providing the following subcommands: distrobox assemble – create and destroy containers based on a config file distrobox create – create a container distrobox enter – enter a container distrobox ephemeral – create a temporary container, destroy it when exiting the shell distrobox list (alias: ls) – list containers created with distrobox distrobox rm – delete a container created with distrobox distrobox stop – stop a running container created with distrobox distrobox upgrade – upgrade one or more containers created with distrobox at once distrobox generate-entry – create an entry of a created container in the applications list Plus three helpers that run inside the container: distrobox-init – container entrypoint (not meant to be invoked manually) distrobox-export – export apps and services from the container to the host distrobox-host-exec – run commands/programs from t