Running on host OS without X11

[mviereck]

@michael wrote:
Hey,

I just saw your x11docker project. From the description it's not clear
-- with your tool, can I run a graphical system from a Docker image,
on a base OS that has no x11? Or in other words, does your tool expose
the video card to the docker container so that it can take it over and
display graphics?

[mviereck]

Hello Michael,

x11docker is designed to use a display server on host. It can be Xorg/X11 or a Wayland compositor like weston.
It is not easy to run Xorg or Weston in a container as they need a lot of privileges to access host hardware.

There is an image x11docker/xwayland that needs weston on host and runs Xwayland (X11) in container. From a security point of view it is much better isolated from host than Xorg on host.
This needs weston on host, but not Xorg.

I also did some attempts to run Weston and Xwayland in a container. Basically it works, but needs some final work. See ticket #40.