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Replace Black Box with Ptyxis as the default terminal

Open NN708 opened this issue 4 months ago • 0 comments

This issue continues the discussion from this Discord conversation.

Feature Description

Ptyxis is becoming the default terminal in other GNOME-based distributions, such as Fedora and Ubuntu. It offers native container integration for Podman and Distrobox, providing a better user experience.

Current Limitation

When using Apx containers, Ptyxis currently logs in as root instead of the host user who launched them (chergert/ptyxis#200).

Prototype Proof

Running podman run -dt --user 1001:1001 debian:latest allows Ptyxis to log in as a normal user.

Proposed Solution

  1. Replace Black Box with Ptyxis as the default terminal (installed as Flatpak). Optional: Allow users to select their preferred terminal app.
  2. Update Apx to correctly set the default user.

NN708 avatar Aug 19 '25 04:08 NN708