[jamesdutc]

Bubblewrap is a surprisingly useful tool for general system administration tasks.

Even though the documentation claims that "[y]ou are unlikely to use it directly from the commandline, although that is possible," I use it as a helper tool in this mode very frequently.

This can be very useful for debugging since, for example, you can `bwrap --ro-bind / / --tmpfs ~ $SHELL` to get a "clean" shell in which you can isolate yourself from the effect of configuration dotfiles and can even `--ro-bind my-hosts /etc/hosts` to simulate certain system-level state (without requiring a full VM, heavier container, or root access.)

Of course, I've also written some simple shell scripts around `bwrap` to make this all a bit simpler (since this quickly reaches `qemu`-levels of argv proliferation.)

[kzrdude]

Nice! The other day I wanted to do something like this - ended up with docker to have a clean HOME, but bubblewrap might be easier and faster.