Stick with docker if possible, you will get more performance among other benefits. Check excellent Phusion's base image [0] if you need (pardon me) "container

Stick with docker if possible, you will get more performance among other benefits. Check excellent Phusion's base image [0] if you need (pardon me) "container like VM". For the gui: Docker has native Kitematic app [1], but not sure about state on linux. I would recommend you to check Shipyard project [2] as Docker Gui Docker also support containerized X11 desktop apps [3]. [0] https://github.com/phusion/baseimage-docker https://github.com/phusion/baseimage-docker [1] https://kitematic.com/ https://kitematic.com/ [2] http://shipyard-project.com/walkthrough/ http://shipyard-project.com/walkthrough/ [3] http://fabiorehm.com/blog/2014/09/11/running-gui-apps-with-docker/ http://fabiorehm.com/blog/2014/09/11/running-gui-apps-with-d...