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A chroot environment provides you with isolation for testing in Linux. You do not need to take the hassle of creating a virtual machine. Instead, if you want to test an application or something else, create a chroot environment that allows you to select a different root directory.
So, with chroot, you get to test stuff without giving the application access to the rest of the system. Any application you install or anything you try gets confined to that directory and does not affect the functioning of your operating system.
Chroot has its perks, which is why it is a convenient way to test things for various users (especially system administrators).
Unfortunately, all of this works via the Linux terminal. What if you can have a graphical user interface to make things a little easy? That’s where “Atoms” comes in.
Atoms: A GUI to Manage Linux Chroot(s)
Distrobox. So, you can also manage containers using Atoms.
However, the developers mention that this tool does not offer seamless integration with Podman, explaining its purpose: “its purpose is only to allow the user to open a shell in a new environment, be it chroot or container.”
If you are looking for such a thing, you might want to check out pods.
Note: The latest stable version 1.0.2 is only available via Flathub.
To explore its source code and other details, head to its GitHub page.
Conclusion
The Linux command line is powerful and you can do almost anything with the commands. But not everyone feels comfortable with it and thus tools like Atoms make it more convenient by providing a GUI.
And Atoms is not the only one of this kind. There is Grub Customizer that makes it easier to change Grub configuration which can be done with the command line.
I believe there are many more such tools out there.
What do you think about using a GUI program like Atom to manage Chroot environments? Share your thoughts in the comments down below.
Distrobox. So, you can also manage containers using Atoms.
