Just over seven months after the previous medium version, we already have a new update of that tool that breaks the existing barriers between Linux distributions, if there ever were any. Distrobox 1.8 has arrived with many fixes, features and updated images. It should not be forgotten that it is a tool that allows us to install images of different operating systems and perform various operations, but updates to the available systems are still important.
As we read in the Notes for this release, it was a necessary release in which corrections are highlighted in how enter manages shells, which will eliminate future problems with leaks. In addition, integration with NVIDIA has been improved and the possibility of using distrobox assembly remotely.
Other new features in Distrobox 1.8
Distrobox 1.8 has added support for several new images, such as uBlue and toolbx or the new Fedora, Ubuntu and Alpine.
On the other hand, the moment has been taken advantage of apply many patches, including ensuring environment variables are set correctly, fixed file name detection issues assemble and fixed support for timestamps and user names in Active Directory.
Additionally, documentation has been improved, including updates to compatibility for distributions such as Apple 3.20, improved interaction with VSCode, and the addition of icons and fixes to several of these guides.
Interested users can see the full list of changes in the Project GitHubDistrobox 1.8 has been released, but as usual in Linux, it is now up to the developers of the different distributions to upload it to their official repositories. For more detailed information on its installation and use, we recommend visiting our related article, and also, why not, this other we explain how to use AUR on any Linux distribution.