[lxc-users] GUI apps in containers, updated guide

Simos Xenitellis simos.lists at googlemail.com
Tue Jun 26 09:40:46 UTC 2018


Hi All,

I updated the guide on running GUI apps in LXD containers,
https://blog.simos.info/how-to-easily-run-graphics-accelerated-gui-apps-in-lxd-containers-on-your-ubuntu-desktop/

Now it is much more automated and easier to use.
Especially, if you use the snap package of LXD, you can just create
this "gui" LXD profile,
and then use it to launch such GUI containers. Nothing else required.

I have tested (host) on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04.
Quite interestingly, I managed to get it to work on containers running
18.04, 16.04, 14.04 and 12.04.

I also posted on HN and it might get some traction.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17398381

Simos


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