Distrobox: Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal | Hacker News

Not_Oles

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35939240

https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox

I glanced at this last night. I haven't read much of it, and I haven't tried it. I never heard of it, or its antecedent mentioned in the README.md file.

Could this, or something else like it, be the basis of a super fast, distro agnostic, shared server?

Thanks! Friendly greetings!

dwight

I think distrobox is like lxc, except it doesn't require the root permission and it's easier to communicate with the apps/files/etc inside the container.

somik

@dwight said:
I think distrobox is like lxc, except it doesn't require the root permission and it's easier to communicate with the apps/files/etc inside the container.

Distrobox runs a docker container with the said distro and transfers your terminal to inside the container on command. It is a good way to test out various linux features.

risturiz

Nice examples here -> https://nxos.org/tutorial/how-to-use-distrobox-in-nitrux/