--- title: "GUI Applications in a Docker Container" url: https://daily.dev/posts/gui-applications-in-a-docker-container-kgn3y-a-t source_url: https://towardsdev.com/gui-applications-in-a-docker-container-230fb7b274d2 type: article source: "Towards Dev" published: 2021-12-30T08:50:52.785Z updated: 2021-12-30T08:50:52.785Z tags: ["containers", "docker"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 19 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GUI Applications in a Docker Container **[Towards Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/towardsdev)** · 2 min read · 19 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The X11 socket is a program that allows users to run GUI applications on top of their OS. To launch a container we need its image file (i.e. setup) We can get the image of a container either from the internet or we can create it by ourselves. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@panegalli** · 0 upvotes > Excelente artigo para utilizar o GUI docker em ambientes Linux que por default não possuem tal funcionalidade. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/gui-applications-in-a-docker-container-kgn3y-a-t)