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To confuse things even further, Docker on OSX and Windows actually does use a fully-fledged VM that the containers run on. Truly understanding the Linux kernel
by bspammer 7y ago
To confuse things even further, Docker on OSX and Windows actually does use a fully-fledged VM that the containers run on.
Truly understanding the Linux kernel namespacing features that Docker is built on certainly takes more effort to learn, but I disagree that it's irrelevant to anyone not working at Docker. Understanding your tools makes you a better developer, and allows you to understand what is and isn't possible.