Start

First configure docker or podman

Installation

Follow your rpo

Startup

Choose a distro

for a list of compatible images and container managers, please consult the man page,

man distrobox-compatibility
man distrobox

Installing distro

Syntax is,

distrobox-create --name CONTAINER-NAME --image OS-NAME:VERSION

an example,

distrobox-create --name ubuntu --image ubuntu

List all

distrobox list

Enter into one

distrobox enter ubuntu

Ubuntu specific,
First upgrade and then update like,

sudo apt upgrade and sudo apt update

Message:

'notify-send' must be installed for zsh-auto-notify to work
Solution:
For ubuntu based distro,

sudo apt install libnotify-bin

System export app

To export app to the system,

distrobox-export --app foliate

Removal

First stop container, by,

distrobox stop CONTAINER-NAME

then, remove like,

distrobox rm CONTAINER-NAME