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| # boxkit | ||
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| A base image and action for Toolbx and Distrobox. | ||
| Sure, you can use the distro you're used to, but what if ... | ||
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| This image is going to experiment with what a "born from cloud native" UNIX terminal experience would look like. | ||
| It is used in conjuction with a [dotfile manager](https://dotfiles.github.io/utilities/) and designed to be the companion terminal experience for cloud-native desktops. | ||
| We're starting small but have big aspirations. | ||
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| - Starts with the latest Alpine image from the [Toolbx Community Images](https://github.com/toolbx-images/images) | ||
| - Adds some quality of life | ||
| - `starship` prompt for that <3 | ||
| - `just` for task execution | ||
| - `chezmoi` for dotfile management | ||
| - `btop` for process management | ||
| - `micro` and `helix` text editors | ||
| - [clipboard](https://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard) to cut, copy, and paste anything, anywhere, all from the terminal! | ||
| - `python3` | ||
| - Some common power tools: `plocate`, `fzf`, `cosign`, `ripgrep`, `github-cli`, and `ffmpeg` | ||
| - CLI tools recommended by [rawkode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNlDSG1iDW8) | ||
| - [zellij](https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij) - terminal workspace | ||
| - [direnv](https://direnv.net/) - environment variable extension for your shell | ||
| - [atuin](https://github.com/ellie/atuin) - magical shell history | ||
| - Host Management QoL | ||
| - These are meant for occasional one off commands, not complex workflows | ||
| - Auto symlink the flatpak, podman, and docker commands | ||
| - Auto symlink rpm-ostree for Fedora | ||
| - Auto symlink transactional-update for openSUSE MicroOS | ||
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| ## How to use | ||
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| ### Create Box | ||
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| If you use distrobox: | ||
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| distrobox create -i ghcr.io/ublue-os/boxkit -n boxkit | ||
| distrobox enter boxkit | ||
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| If you use toolbx: | ||
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| toolbox create -i ghcr.io/ublue-os/boxkit -c boxkit | ||
| toolbox enter boxkit | ||
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| ### Pull down your config | ||
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| Use `chezmoi` to pull down your dotfiles and set up git sync. | ||
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| ### Make your own | ||
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| Fork and add programs to this this image - over time you'll end up with the perfect CLI for you. | ||
| Keeping it as a pet works, though the author recommends leaving all your config in git and routinely pulling a new image. | ||
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| The user experience is much nicer if you [set your terminal open right in the container](https://distrobox.privatedns.org/useful_tips/#using-distrobox-as-main-cli) and is the intended experience. | ||
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| ## Why? | ||
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| While LTS images pay the bills they move at that pace for a reason, I wanted: | ||
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| - Something that kept up the pace with cloud native tech | ||
| - Expansive repos so all stack needs are covered | ||
| - But also has all the cool new tools the rustaceans keep cranking out | ||
| - apk is _fast_ | ||
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| And of course, as the user space for a cloud-native desktop the biggest reason is it's everywhere in the stack, why not be the "default terminal"? | ||
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| Also, I've never gotten really to know Alpine, the problem with running distros like this bare metal on my PC is that there's a whole bunch of hardware quirks and all sorts of little enablement things that more generalized distros tend to get right. | ||
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| But in a Toolbx/Distrobox world the kernel and anything that talks to hardware is handled by the host operating system. | ||
| This let's us concentrate on just the CLI experience, get yourself some of that UNIX bling. | ||
| Also apk is fast. Watch the video for more! | ||
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| [](https://youtu.be/7-FPAWjROos) | ||
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| ## Verification | ||
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| These images are signed with sisgstore's [cosign](https://docs.sigstore.dev/cosign/overview/). You can verify the signature by downloading the `cosign.pub` key from this repo and running the following command: | ||
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| cosign verify --key cosign.pub ghcr.io/ublue-os/boxkit | ||
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| If you're forking this repo you should [read the docs](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets) on keeping secrets in github. You need to [generate a new keypair](https://docs.sigstore.dev/cosign/overview/) with cosign. The public key can be in your public repo (your users need it to check the signatures), and you can paste the private key in Settings -> Secrets -> Actions. | ||
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| ## Scope and Cynicism | ||
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| I know what you're thinking, we're just going to shove everything from [Modern UNIX](https://github.com/ibraheemdev/modern-unix) in there and it's going to look like a glitter explosion. | ||
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| That's why I'm going to be strongly opinionated, so use this as a base to build your own perfect CLI experience. | ||
| Custom configs are NOT included, those belong in your dotfiles, use them in combination with an image. | ||
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| This is a tame first effort, one of you out there is going to make something better than this, the perfect CLI workspace, I salute you. | ||
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| ## Finding Good Base Images | ||
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| Of course you can make this however you want, but start with the [Toolbx Community images](https://github.com/toolbx-images/images). | ||
| These are a set of mostly-stock images with packages needed to run as a toolbox/distrobox already installed. | ||
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| Try to derive your blingbox from those base images so we can all help maintain them over time, you can't have bling without good stock! | ||
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| Tag your image with `boxkit` to share with others! | ||
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| ## [](https://repography.com) / Recent activity [](https://repography.com) | ||
| [](https://github.com/ublue-os/boxkit/commits) | ||
| [](https://github.com/ublue-os/boxkit/issues) | ||
| [](https://github.com/ublue-os/boxkit/pulls) | ||
| [](https://github.com/ublue-os/boxkit/commits) | ||
| [](https://github.com/ublue-os/boxkit/graphs/contributors) | ||
| [](https://github.com/ublue-os/boxkit/commits) |