use_cases

Use cases

With vland and/or lxroot a non-root user can...

• simultaneously run multiple, different guest userlands on a single Linux host
• run, for example, an Arch Linux userland on an Ubuntu Linux host
• run a legacy userland on a modern host
• run software in an "altered version" of the host system itself
• run any given graphical X11 client (from any guest userland) on the host's X11 server
• create a custom userland for developing software and/or building software packages
• control (or test) the installation (or upgrade) of software packages, as a non-root user, by installing and running the software in an isolated and easily disposable userland
• manage userlands with standard CLI tools: clone them with rsync, archive them with tar or mksquashfs, delete them rm -rf
• deny software access to the network
• restrict read and/or write access to specific directories
• share one or more directories between an Lxroot environment and the host system
• share one or more directories between multiple Lxroot environments.