NixOS: Libreoffice in distrobox does not use Adwaita dark theme

GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark libreoffic
or set in fish config:
set -x GTK_THEME Adwaita:dark

NixOS: Firefox in distrobox does not use Adwiata theme (no hand mouse cursor)

NixOS injects its Nix store paths into XCURSOR_PATH so the host system finds cursors in /nix/store/..., and distrobox inherits that variable. Inside the Arch container those paths don't exist, so libxcursor found nothing and silently fell back to the default arrow for every cursor change.
vim .config/fish/config.fish
set -e XCURSOR_PATH
set -x XCURSOR_PATH /usr/share/icons ~/.icons


When creating launcher for firefox in xfce4, have to reset `XCURSOR_PATH`:
/run/current-system/sw/bin/distrobox-enter -n abox -- bash -c 'XCURSOR_PATH=/usr/share/icons /usr/lib/firefox/firefox %u '

terminator: change size and location

terminator --geometry=2420x650+80+800

NixOs: Can't start terminator from distrobox on nixos

TypeError: unknown signal name: changed::font-name

The error TypeError: unknown signal name: changed::font-name occurs because Terminator is trying to connect to a GSettings signal for org.gnome.desktop.interface (font settings), but the required GSettings schemas are missing or inaccessible inside the distrobox container.
distrobox-enter -n abox -- bash -c 'unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH GI_TYPELIB_PATH GIO_MODULE_DIR GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR; terminator'

distrobox-assembly: Install arch with yay and some default packages

distrobox.ini:
[abox]
additional_packages="git base-devel sudo curl"
home=~/home-abox
image=archlinux:latest
init=true
start_now=true
init_hooks='useradd -m -G wheel builder && echo "%wheel ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/wheel && su - builder -c "git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git && cd yay-bin && makepkg -si --noconfirm" && rm -rf /home/builder/yay-bin && su - builder -c "yay -S --noconfirm --needed mc vim htop tmux fd zoxide fzf terminator freerdp rdesktop bash-completion firefox firefox-developer-edition brave-bin vscodium-bin onlyoffice-bin libreoffice-fresh gwenview okular wine krusader krename kdiff3 konsole xdg-desktop-portal-kde ipython tigervnc fluxbox rofi xterm xorg-xeyes masterpdfeditor vlc mpv vlc-plugins-all fish chromium librewolf-bin go python-uv gimp ttf-roboto otf-font-awesome rar p7zip octave yt-dl sshfs ebook-tools xarchiver kdegraphics-mobipocket gnome-boxes" && cd /etc/xdg/menus && ln -sf ./plasma-applications.menu applications.menu && ln -sf ./plasma-applications.menu gnome-applications.menu && ln -sf ./plasma-applications.menu kde-applications.menu && su - builder -c "NONINTERACTIVE=1 /bin/bash -c \"\$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)\" && eval \"\$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)\" && brew install claude-code gemini-cli opencode qwen-code web-ext" && echo "eval \"\$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)\"" >> ~/.bashrc
nvidia=true
pull=true
root=false
replace=false


Fedora atomic (vauxite xfce4): install nvidia drivers

sudo rpm-ostree install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
sudo rpm-ostree kargs --append=rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau,nova_core --append=modprobe.blacklist=nouveau,nova_core --append=nvidia-drm.modeset=1

https://github.com/eoladil/Fedora-Silverblue-Guides?tab=readme-ov-file#4-install-nvidia-drivers-for-current-geforce-tesla-and-quadro-gpus

tigvervnc: example vncserver config setup

vncserver-config-mandatory:

session=startfluxbox
securitytypes=none
geometry=1800x1100
localhost
alwaysshared

kde plasma: set kde theme from a command line in a distrobox

List current themes:

lookandfeeltool -list
can return

org.kde.breeze.desktop
org.kde.breezedark.desktop
org.kde.breezetwilight.desktop
then

lookandfeeltool -a org.kde.breezedark.desktop

More at: https://askubuntu.com/a/1183309

Bazzite (Fedora atomic): install virtualbox on Bazzite custom image

Bazzite has rpm fusion repositories added in /etc/yum.repos.d/. However, even though they are enabled, by default you can't install any packages from them. You can force the use of the RPM repo as follows:

sudo dnf --enablerepo=rpmfusion-free install virtualbox
This will still NOT install the virtualbox in atomic fedora as its read-only system. But can be useful for building custom atomic images which would contain the virtualbox or other packages.

Example of how the virtualbox can be installed in a custom image of Bazzite is here:
https://github.com/ettfemnio/bazzite-virtualbox

distrobox: Basic programs for archlinux in distrobox

yay -S mc vim htop tmux fd zoxide fzf terminator freerdp rdesktopt bash-completion firefox firefox-developer-edition brave-bin vscodium-bin onlyoffice-bin libreoffice-fresh gwenview okular wine krusader krename kdiff3 konsole sshfs xarchiver xdg-desktop-portal-kde tigervnc fluxbox rofi xterm xorg-xeyes masterpdfeditor yt-dl vlc mpv vlc-plugins-all fish chromium ipython librewolf-bin go python-uv gimp ttf-roboto otf-font-awesome rar p7zip octave ebook-tools kdegraphics-mobipocket gnome-boxes