Xfce desktop containing wine, winetricks, q4wine and playonlinux
- Get x11docker from github to run GUI applications and desktop environments in docker images.
- Use x11docker to run image.
You can pull the image from docker hub with docker pull x11docker/xfce-wine-playonlinux.
However, the image on docker hub can be a bit outdated.
I recommend to build the image yourself:
docker pull debian:bullseye
x11docker --build x11docker/xfce
x11docker --build x11docker/xfce-wine-playonlinux
Or, same with podman:
podman pull debian:bullseye
x11docker --build x11docker/xfce --backend=podman
x11docker --build x11docker/xfce-wine-playonlinux --backend=podman
Run Xfce desktop including wine:
x11docker --desktop --cap-default x11docker/xfce-wine-playonlinux
Use host folder to preserve installed Windows applications with option --home:
x11docker --desktop --home x11docker/xfce-wine-playonlinux
Run PlayOnLinux only:
x11docker --home x11docker/xfce-wine-playonlinux playonlinux
- Persistent home folder stored on host with
--home - Shared host folder with
--sharedir DIR - Hardware acceleration with option
--gpu - Clipboard sharing with option
--clipboard - Sound support with option
--pulseaudioor--alsa - Language setting with
--lang=$LANG - Printing over CUPS with
--printer - Webcam support with
--webcam
See x11docker --help for further options.
The default language locale setting is en_US.UTF-8. You can change to your desired locale with x11docker options. Compare the output of echo $LANG on your host computer.
- Example for german:
--env LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 - Example for chinese:
--env LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8
To enable chinese, japanese and korean fonts in wine, run winetricks cjkfonts. You can also use a starter provided on the desktop for this.
To add your desired applications, create your own Dockerfile with this image as a base. Example:
FROM x11docker/xfce-wine-playonlinux
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y vlc
Screenshot showing Xfce desktop with wine and pulseaudio sound in a Xephyr window:
