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I don't know, container is an abstract idea, and that's all. Can you run apps within a contained OS environment? LXC is one way to do so, runc is another way t

I don't know, container is an abstract idea, and that's all. Can you run apps within a contained OS environment? LXC is one way to do so, runc is another way to do so, docker is a third way to do so, all for Linux. Now if you took some other OS, there'd be different solutions, each with slightly different details and thus properties, but same idea. I mean, do you ask people what SQL is? And get frustrated if they don't start talking about MySQL specific details like InnoDB and what not? Don't know, I feel I can't agree with you, do devs feel there's less magic involved in VMs? Honestly, I have less idea what VMs are built on top of than I do for containers.

peteretep 7y ago
> container is an abstract idea In this context, it's not, it's specifically referring to a process running in a cgroup. > LXC is one way to do so, runc is another way to do so, docker is a third way to do so Docker is a suite of tools for managing running LXC or runc, both of which set up processes running under cgroups. > Now if you took some other OS, there'd be different solutions, each with slightly different details and thus properties, but same idea You should read the article.
- zodiac 7y ago
  "container" can mean other things in other contexts though, e.g. I'm running a configuration of Docker on my machine right now such that the CLI talks about "containers" but it is actually running VirtualBox in the background