Distrobox 1.3 Released, a toolkit for nested distribution distributions

Distrobox toolkit 1.3 , allowing you to quickly install and run any Linux distribution in a container and ensure its integration with the main system. The project code is written in Shell and distributed under the GPLv3 license.

The project is implemented as an add-on over the Docker or Podman toolkit, and is distinguished by the maximum simplification of work and setting up the integration of the running environment with the rest of the system. To create an environment with a different distribution, it is enough to issue a single distrobox-create command without thinking about the subtleties. After launch, Distrobox forwards the user’s home directory to the container, configures access to the X11 and Wayland server to run from the container of graphical applications, allows you to connect external drives, adds sound output, implements integration at the level of SSH agent, D-Bus and udev.