coder/desktop: KDE Plasma instead of XFCE

Add image/Dockerfile (published as
git.nic-oconnor.com/public/coder-desktop-kde:noble): enterprise-desktop
noble plus KDE Plasma and KasmVNC 1.5.0, baked in so starts skip apt.
It carries three fixes found testing in the cluster:

- kwin-x11 installed explicitly (only a Recommends; without it Plasma
  runs with no window manager),
- startkde -> startplasma-x11 symlink, since KasmVNC's -select-de kde
  checks for startkde and Plasma 5.20+ renamed it,
- KWin compositing off by default (no GPU; it only adds VNC lag).

The template now uses that image with desktop_environment = "kde" and
pulls Always, and drops the XFCE .xsessionrc seeding.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
2026-09-18 15:02:27 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5
parent 1524fa8203
commit 2919012206
4 changed files with 88 additions and 31 deletions
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
# coder/desktop — Coder template: an XFCE desktop in the browser (KasmVNC)
# coder/desktop — Coder template: a KDE Plasma desktop in the browser (KasmVNC)
# on the homelab Kubernetes cluster, set up from this dotfiles repo.
#
# Push it with: coder templates push desktop -d coder/desktop
@@ -174,21 +174,14 @@ resource "coder_agent" "main" {
arch = data.coder_provisioner.me.arch
os = "linux"
# The home PVC hides whatever the image put in /home/coder, so seed it on
# first start: the skel dotfiles, plus the image's .xsessionrc (XFCE session
# env that KasmVNC's X session reads).
# The home PVC hides whatever the image put in /home/coder, so seed it
# with the skel dotfiles on first start.
startup_script = <<-EOT
set -e
if [ ! -f ~/.init_done ]; then
cp -rT /etc/skel ~ || true
touch ~/.init_done
fi
if [ ! -f ~/.xsessionrc ]; then
printf '%s\n' \
'export GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=ubuntu' \
'export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=xfce' \
'export XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11' > ~/.xsessionrc
fi
EOT
env = merge({
@@ -235,9 +228,10 @@ module "dotfiles" {
manual_update = true
}
# XFCE is in the image; the module installs KasmVNC and serves it on :6800.
# kasm_version: KasmVNC ships a .deb per Ubuntu codename, and the module's
# default (1.4.0) is older than we need; 1.5.0 has noble.
# KDE Plasma and KasmVNC are baked into the image (image/Dockerfile), so the
# module skips its install and just configures and starts KasmVNC on :6800.
# kasm_version: only used if the image lacks KasmVNC; keep it in step with
# KASMVNC_VERSION in the Dockerfile.
# subdomain = false: the deployment has no wildcard access URL, so the app
# is served path-based under coder.nic-oconnor.com.
module "kasmvnc" {
@@ -245,7 +239,7 @@ module "kasmvnc" {
source = "registry.coder.com/coder/kasmvnc/coder"
version = "1.3.0"
agent_id = coder_agent.main.id
desktop_environment = "xfce"
desktop_environment = "kde"
kasm_version = "1.5.0"
subdomain = false
}
@@ -299,8 +293,9 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "main" {
}
spec {
# Runs as the image's coder user (uid 1000), which has passwordless
# sudo. The KasmVNC module and the dotfiles modules (zsh, docker)
# need it for apt; the namespace enforces PSA baseline, which allows it.
# sudo. The KasmVNC module needs it to write /etc/kasmvnc, and the
# dotfiles modules (zsh, docker) for apt; the namespace enforces PSA
# baseline, which allows it.
security_context {
run_as_user = 1000
fs_group = 1000
@@ -309,8 +304,8 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment_v1" "main" {
container {
name = "dev"
image = "codercom/enterprise-desktop:ubuntu-noble"
image_pull_policy = "IfNotPresent"
image = "git.nic-oconnor.com/public/coder-desktop-kde:noble"
image_pull_policy = "Always"
command = ["sh", "-c", coder_agent.main.init_script]
env {
name = "CODER_AGENT_TOKEN"