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Expand Up @@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ troubleshooting the host operating system, without having to install software
on the host. It is built on top of [Podman](https://podman.io/) and other
standard container technologies from [OCI](https://opencontainers.org/).

> [!NOTE]
> Toolbx was
> [previously](https://github.com/containers/toolbox/commit/c3403dae8cb0544e)
> known as Toolbox, and even
> [before that](https://github.com/containers/toolbox/commit/c6b5a4836fe63601)
> as Fedora Toolbox. Work is in progress to update the name to Toolbx in
> various places. Thus this Git repository and the binary are still `toolbox`
> and the package may still be `toolbox` on various systems.
>
> If you'd like to help,
> [here's](https://github.com/containers/toolbox/commit/c3403dae8cb0544e)
> a to-do list.
>
> "Toolbx" with a capital "T" and without an "o" is now the canonical name.

Toolbx environments have seamless access to the user's home directory,
the Wayland and X11 sockets, networking (including Avahi), removable devices
(like USB sticks), systemd journal, SSH agent, D-Bus, ulimits, /dev and the
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