Full DE GUI

[greg-harodnia]

Currently, people use programs like Boxes for installing and running operating systems inside their host OS. However, full hardware virtualization results in lower performance. Additionally, many people only want to test Linux distributions other than their host one, so sharing the host Linux kernel would not be that problematic for that specific purpose. Even Winboat, which is created for running Windows inside of a Linux OS, leverages Docker/Podman containerization and doesn't emulate the whole hardware with a separate kernel, even though Windows doesn't use the Linux kernel.

So, it would be cool to finally have an app that allows us to run full Linux distributions with a GUI and without any performance loss. The command would be something like distrobox enter --gui --root ubuntu-box. When you execute it, a new window would pop up with a button for fullscreen mode. If you hover the cursor to the top of the screen, an "exit fullscreen mode" button would appear.

[greg-harodnia]

Furthermore, if you need to use the same kernel (possibly with patches) as the distribution inside the container, you can simply switch to another kernel on your host OS. In Linux, this is straightforward. Essentially, you achieve the same level of system compatibility as running an OS in a virtual machine.