Distrobox

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Run any Linux distribution inside your terminal via containers, tightly integrated with the host.

Latest 1.8.2.5 · · Linuxby Luca Di MaioWebsite89luca89/distrobox

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2.0.0-rc.4

Pre-release
Added 1
  • Support both legacy and v2 in the install script
Changed 1
  • Move the script dir resolution to the global config
Fixed 8
  • Replace --format json with backward-compatible alternatives
  • Resolve --version flag conflict with --verbose/-v
  • Ensure rootful containers add user to sudo/wheel group
  • Check if group exists before appending user in init
  • Do not consider scripts in PATH for inside-distrobox
  • Parse distrobox flags after the container name in enter
  • Resolve compatibility-matrix container setup failures in init
  • Isolate NVIDIA libraries and fix Docker device groups for ROCm
What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/2.0.0-rc.3...2.0.0-rc.4

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2.0.0-rc.3

Pre-release
Added 3
  • Add Fedora 44 distrobox
  • Distrobox v2.0
  • Preserve v1 entry points after v2 single-binary split for compatibility
Changed 2
  • Bump github.com/urfave/cli/v3 from 3.5.0 to 3.10.0
  • Bump gopkg.in/ini.v1 from 1.67.0 to 1.67.3
Fixed 4
  • Fix the flags for read-only and recursive slave mount
  • Replace remaining non-POSIX echo -e with printf in distrobox-init
  • Fix forbidigo on completion stdout writes
  • Scope distrobox detection to known label keys in list
What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/1.8.2.5...2.0.0-rc.3

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2.0.0-rc.2

Pre-release
Added 2
  • Add autodetect feature
  • Make listing alphabetical
Changed 2
  • Load config as value object
  • Refactor tests with testify
Fixed 10
  • Remove breaking spaces from exported desktop files
  • Clean empty unversioned .so stubs during nvidia setup
  • Execute correct binary for podman-launcher provider
  • Fix unshare_groups su args and tty handling in enter command
  • Pass root correctly to create and generate-entry command
  • Propagate errors when entering containers
What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/2.0.0-rc.1...2.0.0-rc.2

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1.8.2.5

Latest
Added 2
  • Add ALT Linux compatibility improvements
  • Add Docker Desktop on macOS compatibility
Changed 1
  • Show container command on dry run
Fixed 6
  • Expose correct dryrun command
  • Setup zypper use drop-in config file if possible
  • Pass -xdev to /bin/find
  • Chmod shadow files to 0400 for container storage compatibility
  • Correct su argument order in unshare-groups path
  • Clean empty unversioned .so stubs during nvidia setup
What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/1.8.2.4...1.8.2.5

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2.0.0-rc.1

Pre-release
Added 2
  • Add ALT Linux compatibility improvements
  • Add Docker Desktop on macOS compatibility
Changed 4
  • Show container command on dry run in enter command
  • Update documentation regarding VSCode integration
  • Update README with sandboxing alternatives
  • Strip references to install scripts and add references to Makefile in documentation
Fixed 4
  • Expose correct dryrun command
  • Setup zypper: use drop-in config file if possible
  • Pass -xdev to /bin/find
  • Chmod shadow files to 0400 for container storage compatibility
What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/1.8.2.4...2.0.0-rc.1

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1.8.2.4

Added 1
  • Add missing dependencies for fedora and wolfi
Changed 2
  • Update Alpine Linux images to latest versions
  • Refactor user setup in init to modify attributes individually
Fixed 1
  • Add newline when appending user via printf in distrobox-init
What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/1.8.2.3...1.8.2.4

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1.8.2.3

Changed 1
  • Install base packages only once
Fixed 6
  • Add missing Fedora dependency
  • Remove unintended print to stdout in assemble command
  • Ensure PWD matches workdir
  • Fix support for newer shadow stricter checks
  • Remove error in case dependencies are not fully met
  • Fix manpages generation auth error
What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/1.8.2.2...1.8.2.3

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1.8.2.2

Added 1
  • Set compopt filenames for --file in bash completion
Changed 2
  • Preserve SHELL with unshared groups
  • Add /dev/null stdin for distrobox enter execs
Fixed 5
  • Fix stat syntax error in rootful detection
  • Fix failing to create containers from images that print to stdout with no input
  • Restrict find pattern to libcuda so it doesn't pick up non-NVIDIA libs
  • Direct stderr to /dev/null to prevent incorrect eval
  • Don't use --pty with buggy su implementations
What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/1.8.2.1...1.8.2.2

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1.8.2.1

Fixed 2
  • Fix Alt environment variable case to ALT
  • Fix wrong $HOME when using --init
What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/1.8.2.0...1.8.2.1

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1.8.2.0

Added 7
  • Add unshare-groups support to assemble
  • Extend manifest definitions with include in assemble
  • Support --userns=keep-id:size= in create
  • Bash completion enhancements
  • Support Chimera Linux guests in init
  • Add altlinux support in distrobox
  • Add option to suppress color in install
Changed 2
  • Explicitly prefer using crun if present in create
  • Exclude schroot mountpoint from socket search and improve performance in init
Fixed 11
  • Fix accidental file globbing during parsing in assemble
  • Fix formatting and quoting issues in create
  • Allow whitespaces in environment variables in enter
  • Fix doas case and missing sudo_prefix when local execution in export
  • Fail for HTTP response codes >= 400 in host-exec
  • Fix Vulkan ICD config files for NVIDIA driver host integration in init
Removed 1
  • Decommission Clearlinux

After some time a much needed release! lots of fixes and polishing all over the place! Thanks @dottorblaster for stepping in and welcome him as a new part of the maintainer team!

And thank you to 20 new first time contributors!

Please be ware that there was a little change with the telegram group, so if you're on the old channel, please abandon that and change to the new one on https://t.me/distrobox_chat_new

What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/1.8.1.2...1.8.2.0

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