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LXC has always had a registry of base os images. LXC is a normal open source project and is not VC funded and does not have a lot of the building wall kinds of
by throw2016 10y ago
LXC has always had a registry of base os images. LXC is a normal open source project and is not VC funded and does not have a lot of the building wall kinds of features like the hub and tons of others things that others would embrace.
LXC's problem is near zero marketing and the significant muddying of the waters about containers by the vc funded docker ecosystem which launched off LXC. How does one position LXC or LXD as 'NIH' when others based off it, or misrepresent it as low level when it has far more sophisticated tools, features and maturity?
Isn't it an irony for all the criticism of bash scripts from the docker ecosystem the Dockerfile is actually a bash script. There still remains way too much misinformation about containers here on HN and it damages informed discussion and credibility. VC funded companies should not be allowed to hijack open source projects in this manner without due credit and proper information.
Lets talk about overlayfs, aufs, namespaces, cgroups and all the Linux components that are containers. Are these projects to work in anonymity without any credit or rewards while VC funded companies suck the value and momentum. Is this the 'open source model' hn wants to support. Compete on value not disinformation. This only leads to low quality discussions.
Ubuntu tends to do their own thing and I don't particularly see anything wrong with diversity. What I find more galling is this underhanded positioning of anything not controlled by Redhat as NIH. Is systemd, nspawn criticised as nih. Flatpak is not dimissed as NIH but Snappy is. How does this kind of brazen manipulation happen? I can't fathom ordinary unbiased users thinking in this way and this kind of politics is becoming a problem for informed discussion and wider choice in Linux. Unity is surprisingly polished for a Linux project and I would not have even tried if I didn't look beyond the prevailing prejudice. Let's not do this.