Docker image with LXQt Desktop over headless VNC environments

Centos is replaced by Fedora after this news.

This repository contains a Docker image with minimal Desktop installation and includes: Fedora minimal + OpenBox + LXQt + TigerVNC-Server.

The Image is automatically rebuilt every day, at midnight by GMT.

All other software you can install yourself.

GitHub

The source code is located on the GitHub repository here:

https://github.com/LabEG/centos-lxqt-vnc

Try

If you just want to try the features:

docker run -it --rm -e password='YOUR_VNC_PASSWORD' -p 5901:5901 labeg/centos-lxqt-vnc

Use

If you want to use the container regularly:

docker run -d --restart always -e password='YOUR_VNC_PASSWORD' -p 5901:5901 labeg/centos-lxqt-vnc

Parameters

• -e password='YOUR_VNC_PASSWORD' - required, password for VNC connections.
• -e user_password='YOUR_USER_PASSWORD' - optional, password for user headless. By default, will be used password variable.
• -e root_password='YOUR_ROOT_PASSWORD' - optional, password for root user. By default, will be used user_password variable, if it is not specified then password variable.
• -e resolution='1920x1080' - optional, resolution for virtual screen.
• --shm-size='64m' - optional, extend if firefox browser is crashing.

FAQ

• For change LXQT Theme open Menu > Preferences > Appearance > LXQt Theme and select nice to you theme, example Kde-Plasma.

• For change OpenBox theme open Menu > Preferences > LXQt settings > Opebox Settings and select nice to you theme, example Clearlooks.

Build

docker build -t labeg/centos-lxqt-vnc .