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> People make it seem as if Docker is some bleeding edge magical technology, but in reality its most useful features are just thin wrappers around stable linux
by eeZah7Ux 10y ago
> People make it seem as if Docker is some bleeding edge magical technology, but in reality its most useful features are just thin wrappers around stable linux kernel features and some nice automation.
That's one of the things to dislike.
The company and the community are trying to sell it as the best thing since sliced bread and usually forget to assign merit to the kernel developers.
On top of that, its 180k lines of code are unwarranted for a "thin" layer.
- tinco 10y agoWell obviously it has a bunch more features than just being the thin layer, but Docker really is the best thing since sliced bread.