published Instrumentation Distrobox 1.4 , which allows you to quickly install and run any Linux distribution in the container and ensure its integration with the main system. The project code is written on Shell and distributed under the license GPLV3.
The project provides a superstructure over DOCKER or PODMAN, and is characterized by maximum simplification integration of a neglected environment with the rest of the system. To create an environment with another distribution, it is enough to execute one Distrobox-Create command without thinking about subtleties. After the launch, Distrobox provides a carpet of the user’s home catalog to the container, sets access to the X11 and Wayland server to execute graphic applications from the container, allows you to connect external drives, adds sound output, integrates at the level of SSH-agent, d-Bus and UDEV.
Distrobox declares the possibility of using 17 distributions , including Alpine, Manjaro, Gentoo. , Endlessos, Nixos, Void, Arch, Suse, Ubuntu, Debian, Rhel and Fedora. The container can be launched any distribution for which there are images in OCI format. After installation, the Supporter can fully work in another distribution without leaving the main system.
From the main areas of application, experiments with atomic updated distributions, such as Endless OS, Fedora Silverblue, Opensuse Microos and Steamos3, create separate isolated environment (for example, to launch home configuration on a working laptop). experimental branches of distributions.
In the new issue:
- Added command “Distrobox Upgrade” to update the contents of all installed containers with distributions at once.
- Added the “Distrobox Generate-Entry” command to add surrounding Distrobox to the application list.
- Added the “Distrobox Ephemeral” command to create a disposable container that will be removed after the end of the associated session.
- Added Install-Podman script for installing Podman tools on a home directory without touching the system environment (useful for environment in which system catalogs are mounted in mode only for reading or not available for change).
- Improved support for hosts with GUIX and Nix package managers.
- Improved authentication support using LDAP, Active Directory and Kerberos.