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Distrobox is magic [KDE] (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It uses the same kernel (it's just a container) and the benefit is for example AUR without using unstable distro. You use AUR and if something breaks, it only breaks the container.

[–] ebits21@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago

Also keeps your base system clean if you uninstall (big reason why docker is so popular on servers). Can create custom environments for a project then just delete everything when you’re done.

Also very useful on immutable distros like Fedora Silverblue (all my command line programs and some gui programs are in a distrobox container, exported to the host so they are just there like normal).

The Distrobox assemble command allows you to install programs from a file and automatically export (unfortunately there’s some bugs I hope are fixed soon). So things can be declarative like nixos.