Docker Images for Remote Desktop

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

Tips and Traps¶

1. x11docker runs GUI applications and desktops in docker and podman containers.

2. NoMachine is recommended for remote Desktop.

3. If VNC is used for accessing remote desktop environment in a Docker container, you might haveto manually set the resolution while starting the docker container so that you get the best experience.

KDE Plasma¶

kdeneon/plasma

Ubuntu¶

1. dclong/lubuntu

2. consol/ubuntu-xfce-vnc

   works well, seems like a good choice

   docker run -it -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 -e VNC_RESOLUTION=800x600 consol/ubuntu-xfce-vnc

3. dorowu/ubuntu-desktop-lxqt-vnc

   works, novnc in HTML doesn’t scale very well password: ubuntu

4. dorowu/ubuntu-desktop-lxde-vnc

   works, novnc in HTML doesn’t scale very well password: ubuntu

5. ensky/ubuntu-nxserver-xfce

   Works, free NX client is a little bit ugly had to create a new user, don’t know the password

Deepin¶

dockerfile-x11docker-deepin

deepin-desktop-docker