What's Changed

Version 1.5.0 introduces some highlight features like: - additional-packages flag in create, to directly add packages during init - NVidia GPU Support for containers: distrobox will attempt to share host's drivers with the container! - Distroboooox ... ASSEMBLE! New distrobox-assemble command lets you declare your distroboxes-as-code, in an easy config file - Now removing a distrobox, it will un-export apps and binaries exported by it - Init is now more flexible in how it adds packages, allowing for greater compatibility - Init supports now systemd containers using --additional-packages systemd during creation - General reliability improvements, lots of bug fixes and QoL

This release counts 36 contributors, and they count for over 30% of the total commits of the release! :tada: Thanks to everyone helping! :tada:

Full Changelog:

• website: new website by @daudix-UFO in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/784
• all: allow root user to run Distrobox by @luc14n0 in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/582
• assemble: add new command for distroboxes-as-code
• assets: add distro's icons
• ci: trigger differential-shellcheck workflow on push by @jamacku in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/681
• create: add --additional-packages flag
• create: allow the ability to "unshare" netns and ipc by @ldelossa in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/609
• create/enter: bump default fedora-toolbox image to 38, update examples by @alexdesiqueira in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/710
• create/init: move localtime mount in init. Fix #715
• create: check before adding mounts. Fix #664
• create: fix check while using verbose. Fix #583
• create: fix executable scripts lookup by @mkoura in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/687
• create: ignore net files when unshare nets by @bubuntux in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/766
• create: fix oversight in #422 by @misobarisic in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/616
• docs: add deepin support to the documentation by @BLumia in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/768
• docs: added crystal linux as a container option by @dnkmmr69420 in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/686
• docs: added nix portable as an option for nix options by @dnkmmr69420 in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/691
• docs: fix faulty example ini file by @john-ghatas in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/761
• docs: fix microOS install instructions by @FarisFiroz in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/655
• docs: fix spelling of openSUSE by @grisu48 in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/733
• docs: fix typos by @kianmeng in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/662
• docs: list wget as an alternative install option by @mirkobrombin in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/663
• docs: update compatibility.md by @bubuntux in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/649
• docs: update compatibility.md by @eagavi in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/751
• docs: update distrobox-export.md by @bubuntux in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/676
• docs: update integrate_vscode_distrobox.md by @colorfulmoth in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/767
• docs: update link to "Using podman or docker inside a distrobox" by @thorntonmc in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/617
• docs: update ublue URL by @castrojo in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/636
• docs: updated Extension Name by @sfalken in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/787
• docs: new logotype by @daudix-UFO in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/660
• docs: typo in readme by @daudix-UFO in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/684
• enter: fix $PATH when it contains spaces by @black-desk in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/675
• enter: fix the quoting of arguments by @akinomyoga in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/699
• enter: fix unexpected pathname expansions by @akinomyoga in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/698
• export: remove service export, now we have initful container for that.
• export: support exporting by app name
• export: add default path for exported bins (~/.local/bin)
• export: add login shell option by @Scafir in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/651
• export: copy icons only if they don't already exist. Fix #708
• export: fix desktop file with spaces. Fix #693. Fix #694
• export: fix exporting issues with applications that have symlinked desktop files. Fix #580
• export: fix exporting issues with big applications with multiple iconts. Fix #711. Fix #785
• export: fix issue when a symbolic link points to a non-existing file by @bubuntux in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/792
• export: simplify distro_binary script by @akinomyoga in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/697
• extras: add pause infra_image to podman. Fix #667
• extras: update podman and crun versions in extras/install-podman by @GabMus in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/689
• extras: Update podman to version 4.5.1 and crun to version 1.8.5 by @sonulohani in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/799
• generate-entry: add rootful support
• generate-entry: drop apparent debug statements by @cgzones in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/748
• generate-entry: fix typo and incorrect key for generated desktop entry Categories by @ian-h-chamberlain in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/585
• host-exec: bump host-spawn to 1.4.1 and do proper version comparison by @pavelxdd in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/647
• host-exec: bump host-spawn version
• host-exec: use either wget or curl
• host-exec: use tty command to check if we're in tty or not. Fix #730
• init: add additional-packages support
• init: add nvidia integration by 89luca89 in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/658
• init: link xdg-open with host-exec if not present. Fix #645
• init/docs: add support for Chainguard Wolfi base image
• init: add users to sudo/wheel group if present
• init: do not fail when systemctl mask errors. Fix #641
• init: fix busy mounts by forcing umount. Fix #426
• init: fix check on ostree home detection. Fix #562
• init: fix mounting of symlinks, fix use of apt on older systems during upgrades
• init: fix skel support by @inspectorgadget03 in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/567
• init: make init binary discovery more solid
• init: mount zoneinfo from host
• init: only install mesa vulkan packages if available by @ericcurtin in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/702
• init: reuse locked flags when mounting read-only by @morganhjk in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/635
• init: search for packages availability before installation by 89luca89 in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/788
• install: more aesthetically pleasing install script by @misobarisic in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/696
• list: add RAM and CPU usage for each container
• list: add distrobox ls by @grisu48 in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/734
• list: terminal display fixes by @cgzones in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/742
• rm: attempt deleting exported binaries and apps during deletion
• rm: pass verbose mode to distrobox-generate-entry by @cgzones in https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/pull/747
• upgrade: do not use sudo, directly execute as root using container manager

This release Contributors

@BLumia @FarisFiroz @GabMus @Scafir @akinomyoga @alexdesiqueira @anirbandey1 @black-desk @bubuntux @castrojo @cgzones @colorfulmoth @daudix-UFO @dfaggioli @dnkmmr69420 @eagavi @ericcurtin @grisu48 @ian-h-chamberlain @inspectorgadget03 @jamacku @john-ghatas @juhp @kianmeng @ldelossa @luc14n0 @mirkobrombin @misobarisic @mjlbach @mkoura @morganhjk @pavelxdd @pos-ki @sfalken @sonulohani @thorntonmc

Full Changelog: https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/compare/1.4.2.1...1.5.0