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The lightweight Arch Linux based distro that runs upon any Linux
distros without root access.

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JuNest

The lightweight Arch Linux based distro that runs upon any Linux
distros without root access.

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Description

JuNest (Jailed User NEST) is a lightweight Arch Linux based
distribution that allows to have an isolated GNU/Linux environment
inside any generic host GNU/Linux OS and without the need to have
root privileges for installing packages.

JuNest contains mainly the package managers (called pacman and a
simple yaourt wrapper called yogurt) that allows to access to a wide
range of packages from the Arch Linux repositories.

The main advantages on using JuNest are:

  * Install packages without root privileges.
  * Partial isolated environment which you can install packages
    without affecting a production system.
  * Access to a wide range of packages in particular on GNU/Linux
    distros that may contain limited repositories (such as CentOS and
    RedHat).
  * Available for x86_64, x86 (deprecating) and ARM architectures but
    you can build your own image from scratch too!
  * Run on a different architecture from the host OS via QEMU
  * All Arch Linux lovers can have their favourite distro everywhere!

JuNest follows the Arch Linux philosophy.

How different is JuNest from Docker and Vagrant?

Although JuNest sounds similar to a virtualisation/Linux container
-like system, JuNest differentiate a lot between Docker and Vagrant.
In fact, the purpose of JuNest is not to build a complete isolated
environment but, conversely, is the ability to run programs as they
were running natively from the host OS. Almost everything is shared
between host OS and the JuNest sandbox (kernel, process subtree,
network, mounting, etc) and only the root filesystem gets isolated
(as the programs installed in JuNest need to reside elsewhere).

This allows interaction between processes belonging to both host OS
and JuNest. For instance, you can install top command in JuNest in
order to monitor any processes belonging to the host OS.

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  * 18 Oct 2017 >> 3rd JuNest birthday
  * 14 Oct 2017 >> Poor support for PRoot backend
  * 14 Oct 2017 >> Phasing out support for JuNest x86
  * 18 Apr 2017 >> New JuNest 6.0.0
  * 12 Mar 2016 >> JuNest and Travis CI
  * 25 Oct 2015 >> New JuNest 5.6.7!
  * 23 Oct 2015 >> JuNest and Systemd
  * 09 Aug 2015 >> JuNest is now in AUR!
  * 29 Jun 2015 >> JuNest on different architectures
  * 22 Jun 2015 >> Welcome to jchroot!
  * 20 Jun 2015 >> JuNest runs on exotic environments
  * 18 Oct 2014 >> Everything starts from zero! (MUST READ)