Actually, the idea behind #Winboat is excellent, but the implementation currently seems a bit unstable. Since the installation at the beginning of the year, the system was running, but today the software completely stopped working.

The image suddenly reported insufficient memory (RAM). I tried to fix the problem manually, which unfortunately made the system permanently unusable. Instead of investing more time in troubleshooting, I switched directly to the Dockurr Windows image – which is the technical basis of Winboat anyway.

Error message

1. Preparation

Since I use Podman, I first created the necessary directories on my host system. This ensures data integrity if the container needs to be recreated:

mkdir -p $HOME/Windows/System
mkdir -p $HOME/Windows/Shared

2. The Start Command

Important note: Replace the placeholders in the variables -e USERNAME and -e PASSWORD with your personal credentials.


podman run -d \
  --name windows \
  -p 8006:
Winboat Podman Container Windows