Browserbox

Browserbox provides images for common browsers for use with Distrobox.

Supported Browsers

Browser	Image	Install
Brave	bravebox	distrobox create -i ghcr.io/eyecantcu/bravebox:latest -n bravebox
Chrome	chromebox	distrobox create -i ghcr.io/eyecantcu/chromebox:latest -n chromebox
Chromium	chromiumbox	distrobox create -i ghcr.io/eyecantcu/chromiumbox:latest -n chromiumbox
Firefox	firebox	distrobox create -i ghcr.io/eyecantcu/firebox:latest -n firebox
Floorp	floorpbox	distrobox create -i ghcr.io/eyecantcu/floorpbox:latest -n floorpbox

Post-install

After the image has been retrieved, you now need to export the browser.

distrobox enter <IMAGE NAME> -- 'bash -c "distrobox-export --app <BROWSER>"'

For browsers using the blink engine, you can force them to use Wayland.

distrobox enter <IMAGE NAME> -- 'bash -c "distrobox-export --app <BROWSER> --extra-flags \"--ozone-platform=wayland --disable-features=WaylandFractionalScaleV1\""'

Fractional scaling is disabled in this example as I have encountered numerous issues leaving it enabled under Wayland.

Notes

• NVIDIA users need to pass the --nvidia flag to distrobox create... for proper GPU support.
• Generally speaking, I'd recommend using the Flatpak versions of these browsers.
• For proper icon support under wayland, the .desktop file must match the name of the program. You can move the .desktop file created in ~/.local/share/applications from CONTAINER-BROWSER-NAME.desktop to BROWSER-NAME.desktop assuming you are not using multiple of the same browser.