# coder/desktop/image — the workspace image: Coder's desktop base with KDE # Plasma and KasmVNC baked in, so a start does not spend minutes in apt (the # root filesystem is not persisted; only /home/coder is). # # docker build -t git.nic-oconnor.com/public/coder-desktop-kde:noble coder/desktop/image # docker push git.nic-oconnor.com/public/coder-desktop-kde:noble # # noble, not resolute: KasmVNC publishes no resolute package yet. FROM codercom/enterprise-desktop:ubuntu-noble ARG KASMVNC_VERSION=1.5.0 USER root # kwin-x11 is only a Recommends of kde-plasma-desktop, so --no-install-recommends # drops it and Plasma comes up with no window manager (no title bars). RUN apt-get update \ && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \ kde-plasma-desktop kwin-x11 dolphin konsole kate plasma-nm breeze-gtk-theme \ dbus-x11 libdatetime-perl \ && curl -fsSL -o /tmp/kasmvnc.deb \ "https://github.com/kasmtech/KasmVNC/releases/download/v${KASMVNC_VERSION}/kasmvncserver_noble_${KASMVNC_VERSION}_amd64.deb" \ && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends /tmp/kasmvnc.deb \ && rm -f /tmp/kasmvnc.deb /home/coder/.xsessionrc \ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* # KasmVNC's `-select-de kde` (what the Coder kasmvnc module runs) looks for a # `startkde` binary, which Plasma 5.20+ renamed to startplasma-x11. RUN ln -s /usr/bin/startplasma-x11 /usr/local/bin/startkde # No GPU in the pod: software compositing over VNC only adds lag. Users can # still turn it on in System Settings (~/.config/kwinrc overrides this). RUN printf '[Compositing]\nEnabled=false\n' > /etc/xdg/kwinrc USER coder