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Getting ubuntu 14/Linux Mint 17 to show GUI apps from Docker
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Newer version of Ubuntu (and Linux mint) have .Xauthority and that will interfere with your ability to run X11 apps from a docker container. Here's how you get around that:
docker run -ti -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -e DISPLAY --net=host -v $HOME/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority <and the rest of your docker string...>
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