Docker uses namespaces, cgroups and other facilities that are Linux-specific. (Other OSes implement similar things, but of course they're different implementati

Docker uses namespaces, cgroups and other facilities that are Linux-specific. (Other OSes implement similar things, but of course they're different implementations.) A short description, a bit old, but still useful: https://jvns.ca/blog/2016/10/10/what-even-is-a-container/ https://jvns.ca/blog/2016/10/10/what-even-is-a-container/