SmartOS will run Linux distros in an LX zone, much like Solaris did. There are some limits around what syscalls are available, but generally most software works

SmartOS will run Linux distros in an LX zone, much like Solaris did. There are some limits around what syscalls are available, but generally most software works or a bug can be opened. There is support for Linux containers natively, but the last I checked only Docker v1 repos were supported. v2 is forth coming. Virtualization-wise, Bhyve is supported as is KVM. If you are running open source, there are usually SmartOS packages in pkg src, which makes SmartOS zones a CPU/memory/security bargain. https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/ https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/