jeank93 / vubuntu

Fully fledged ubuntu with fluxbox & NoVNC, refer readme for more info.

Ubuntu Fluxbox with NoVNC

Table of Contents :

• Packages
• Screenshots
• Environment Variables
• Installation
• Warnings
• Desktop Environments

Packages :

• Browsers :
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• Shells :
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• Coding :
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• Text Editors :
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• Office Suite :
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• Social Apps :
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• Utilities :
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• Languages Installed :
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Screenshots :

Laptop/Desktop

Smartphone/Tablet

Environment Variables :

VNC_PASS	VNC Server Password
VNC_TITLE	VNC Session Title
VNC_RESOLUTION	VNC Server Resolution
DISPLAY	Display Server Port
PORT	NoVNC HTTP Port
NGROK_TOKEN	Ngrok Token

Installation :

• Heroku Users :
  • Click on Deploy Now button.
  • Set app name & variables.
  • Deploy.
• Non-Heroku Useers :
  • Edit & Run Command :

    docker run --name vubuntu \
    -e VNC_PASS="samplepass" \
    -e VNC_TITLE="Ubuntu_Desktop" \
    -e VNC_RESOLUTION="1280x720" \
    -e DISPLAY=:0 \
    -e PORT=9870 \
    -d -p 8080:9870 \
    vital987/vubuntu
    

[ * ] Add your private ngrok token to NGROK_TOKEN to get proper Ngrok functionality.

Warnings :

• [ ! ] $VNC_TITLE value should be without spaces.
• [ ! ] $VNC_PASS value should be without spaces.
• [ ! ] The whole project runs as a root user in a docker container.
• [ ! ] 3rd Party Softwares dosen't work with DE on Heroku(Free plan) due to low memory.

Desktop Environments :

• MATE :
  • Comment line #69 from Dockerfile
  • Uncomment line #71, #72, #73 from Dockerfile
  • Delete file conf.d/4-fluxbox.conf
  • Copy the file extras/4-mate.conf to conf.d/
• XFCE :
  • Comment line #69 from Dockerfile
  • Uncomment line #75, #76 from Dockerfile
  • Delete file conf.d/4-fluxbox.conf
  • Copy the file extras/4-xfce.conf to conf.d/