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I've made a basic Dockerfile which installs ROS hydro on top of the ubuntu precise image:

https://gist.github.com/jonbinney/7365141

You can remove the vnc stuff if you don't want to be able to see GUI apps. I'm still working out how to handle networking, for instance exposing the right ports for ROS publishers.

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