Distrobox is what the cool kids with immutable operating systems use at it integrates very nicely with your host environment.
It’s available on all the major Linux distributions and allows you to run any Linux distro enviornment of your choice as a container and install all the tools you need as a canned image. This makes it awesome for development environments as you basically open a new terminal that boots into your environment in a few milliseconds.
I always use rootless podman for container work and steer well clear of docker.
This explains how to get cracking with controlled development environments:
https://hackeryarn.com/post/distrobox/
I’ve been meaning to look into podman, though. For my current client’s super simple app I’ve been using systemd which I’ve found to be a really nice experience.
