Show HN: Box – a script-based interactive container manager

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  1. box

    Discontinued A script-based interactive container manager. [GET https://api.github.com/repos/Colonial-Dev/box: 404 - Not Found // See: https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository] (by Colonial-Dev)

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  3. toolbox

    Tool for interactive command line environments on Linux

  4. distrobox

    Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox

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