Re:Codespaces but open-source, client-only, and unopinionated
by gbraad on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @01:09AM
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Toolbox is not a developer environment, but rather a tool to provide 'a toolbox' to a container host, like the older Atomic, or CoreOS releases that are immutable. Dsitrobox is close to toolbox, but also not similar in providing a coder setup.
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Re:Codespaces but open-source, client-only, and unopinionated
by eikenberry on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @01:52AM
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Toolbox seems pretty well suited for a console based development setup. It works as a simple wrapper around docker/podman which lets you build your dev environments using Dockerfile syntax which is very nice.
Re:Codespaces but open-source, client-only, and unopinionated
by gbraad on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:23AM
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It is not really what DevPod provides as they connect a code-server, jetbrains, remote vscode, etc. Sure, 'Toolbx' can do that to; you can install vim, etc. We advertise toolbox as "interactive command line environments on Linux" foremost. DevPod offers this on Windows, MacOS, beyond the command line. as you said, it is just a wrapper around a 'special' (custom images can cause issues) toolbox container and podman. The tool they offer is much more streamlined to use providers; targeting different environments. Note: Member of the 'containers' group on GitHub/Red Hat.