Docker image for running your window manager from docker.

Usage

Clone this repo to somewhere.

Switch to a virtual terminal either with CTRL+ALT+F[1-7], or open one with sudo open -c [num] -l -s bash. The first might be easier if you want to switch between X instances though.

Start a new X session with sudo xinit xterm -- :1. You can use any number instead of 1 (except 0 if you are running a default session).

In xterm, cd to this repo, and run ./build.sh. This will build the docker image. Once that is done, you can use ./run.sh to launch the WindowManager from docker and attach it to your running instance.

Tested WindowManagers / DE's

• Openbox
  • Works great, nothing special needed it seems.
• MATE
  • Needs Metacity or Marco installed additionally.
• Cinnamon
  • Seems to be needing some MIR things that I have not had the patience to set up.
• Gnome
  • Works great, mouse seems to be a bit laggy.
• KDE / Plasma
  • Works great, mouse seems very enthusiastic.

Known Issues

• PulseAudio sound (on original X) does not seem to like it if you have 2 running Xorg instances. So sound might be an issue. There is a probably a line in a log somewhere indicating what I messed up.
• On Linux Mint, switching between virtual desktops / terminals seems to give problems when VirtualBox is running.