# Using RacherOS as desktop environment

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/using-racheros-as-desktop-environment/6477>\
**Category:** RancherOS\
**Created:** [May 26, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/using-racheros-as-desktop-environment/6477 "2017-05-26T06:32:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![askar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19b73/32.png) [@askar](https://forums.suse.com/u/askar)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/using-racheros-as-desktop-environment/6477/1 "2017-05-26T06:32:56Z")

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Is it possible to use RacherOS as desktop environment?

For example, just to use a Chrome browser…

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**Author:** ![fsiefken](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/fsiefken/32/2495_2.png) [@fsiefken](https://forums.suse.com/u/fsiefken)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/using-racheros-as-desktop-environment/6477/2 "2017-05-30T22:01:51Z")

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Supposedly you can with a desktop kernel and a desktop docker image, read the previous thread [RancherOS and sound module (missing /dev/snd)](http://forums.suse.com/t/rancheros-and-sound-module-missing-dev-snd/1799/7)

- haven’t tried it though