Distrobox

Distrobox is a container wrapper for making lightweight Linux boxes.

This is particularly useful for Nix development, since it often causes big issues for things expecting normal FHS, and making an explicit FHS environment is fairly involved.

Usage

From their documentation Create a new distrobox:

distrobox create -n test

Create a new distrobox with Systemd (acts similar to an LXC):

distrobox create --name test --init --image debian:latest --additional-packages "systemd libpam-systemd pipewire-audio-client-libraries"

Enter created distrobox:

distrobox enter test