For development a good solution, I think, is to run in container (distrobox) because Oreon Lime R2 have docker.
For example now I try the last Gnome in Fedora Rawhide:
but to run Oreon Lime R2 in container I think a solution is to install Alma Linux and then to add specific repository?
I used the step from Distrobox
for Gnome work at full resolution but KDE work with 1024x768.
I use Oreon Lime R2 with docker installed.
First we check if docker service was started:
$ sudo systemctl status docker
if is not active we start now and the boot with:
$ sudo systemctl enable --now docker
I add my user to docker group (I used nano editor for this job):
$ sudo nano /etc/group
and add your user name to docker group:
$ cat /etc/group | grep florin
wheel:x:10:florin
docker:x:990:florin
florin:x:1000:
nm-openvpn:x:978:florin
After that we need to install distrobox
$ sudo dnf install distrobox -y
To install we run:
$ distrobox create --name alma-linux --init --image docker.io/library/almalinux:9
Image docker.io/library/almalinux:9 not found.
Do you want to pull the image now? [Y/n]: y
9: Pulling from library/almalinux
7edcf90c3c13: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:ff4f72c2c65badbc7deea85a035d13b6fc5160b97777939e97479921c57a3cd7
Status: Downloaded newer image for almalinux:9
docker.io/library/almalinux:9
Creating 'alma-linux' using image docker.io/library/almalinux:9 [ OK ]
Distrobox 'alma-linux' successfully created.
To enter, run:
distrobox enter alma-linux
Successfully copied 2.56kB to /tmp/alma-linux.os-release
After install we enter in container, wait some moments to initialise and add our password:
$ distrobox enter alma-linux
Starting container... [ OK ]
Installing basic packages... [ OK ]
Setting up devpts mounts... [ OK ]
Setting up read-only mounts... [ OK ]
Setting up read-write mounts... [ OK ]
Setting up host's sockets integration... [ OK ]
Integrating host's themes, icons, fonts... [ OK ]
Setting up distrobox profile... [ OK ]
Setting up sudo... [ OK ]
Setting up user groups... [ OK ]
Setting up kerberos integration... [ OK ]
Setting up user's group list... [ OK ]
Adding user... [ OK ]
Setting up user home... [ OK ]
Ensuring user's access... [ OK ]
Setting up init system... [ OK ]
Firing up init system... [ OK ]
Container Setup Complete!
⚠️ First time user password setup ⚠️
Changing password for user florin.
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
We check if we are in container:
$ cat /etc/redhat-release
AlmaLinux release 9.4 (Seafoam Ocelot)
Install some packages:
$ sudo dnf install nano -y
If we need also Gnome desktop from AlmaLinux:
$ sudo dnf group install gnome -y
After this exit from container with:
$ exit
Next create a session to enter Gnome from AlmaLinux from Oreon Lime R2 gdm:
$ sudo nano /usr/share/xsessions/distrobox-almalinux.desktop
and insert next lines:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=GNOME on Wayland (alma-linux on distrobox)
Comment=This session logs you into GNOME
Exec=/usr/bin/distrobox-enter -n alma-linux -- /usr/bin/gnome-session
Type=Application
DesktopNames=GNOME
X-GDM-SessionRegisters=true
next is necessary to change the owner for /tmp/.X11-unix directory to our user:
$ sudo nano /etc/profile.d/fix_tmp.sh
and insert next lines:
# change the owner for /tmp/.X11-unix according with your user
chown -f -R $USER:$USER /tmp/.X11-unix
After that logout from desktop session, and from gdm we choose our last entry session “GNOME on Wayland (alma-linux on distrobox)”
and the result in picture (“The picture tell more like 1000 words”)
From Oreon Lime R2 we have a menu to Terminal enter in alma-linux container.
