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I'm not a systemd fan by any means, but yes, there are far more ways Linux is used where this will be useful. There are still compute clusters and terminal serv
by grosswait 7y ago
I'm not a systemd fan by any means, but yes, there are far more ways Linux is used where this will be useful. There are still compute clusters and terminal servers where the overhead and isolation of a VM is counterproductive, and use cases where containers are not yet secure enough.
I also think it's likely there are future solutions which will be made possible that we can't even imagine right now, through what this brings to the table.
- knorker 7y agoBut in these clusters where a VM is too much overhead, isn't LUKS and the others? I manage huge compute clusters, with and without VMs, and can't imagine a feasible use case for this, barring a time machine to the 90s.
- rumanator 7y ago> But in these clusters where a VM is too much overhead, isn't LUKS and the others? No. First of all, in general disk encryption is orthogonal to multi-user or multi-seat systems, and the same case for disk encryption can be made wrt VM sessions. Secondly, the main feature is migratable and self-contained home directories, which is also relevant for VMs (or even more relevant).
- knorker 7y agoHmm... migratable and self-contained home directories. What do you mean? iSCSI, or something like it? Again, I'm not seeing what value systemd is adding here.