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I wonder if there is anything like this that is cross platform (e.g., Windows, Linux, MacOS), probably building on what Docker provides? - Subuser - Securing t

I wonder if there is anything like this that is cross platform (e.g., Windows, Linux, MacOS), probably building on what Docker provides? - Subuser - Securing the Linux desktop with Docker - Flatpak - The Future of Apps on Linux - snapd - Snap is a software packaging and deployment system developed by Canonical for the operating systems that use the Linux kernel.

ori_b 6y ago
Docker on Mac or Windows is a Linux VM. It's not magically portable.
- lostmsu 6y ago
  As long as it works, does it matter?
  - bauerd 6y ago
    Yes, because you get the performance overhead of a VM Containers are good old userspace processes in comparison scheduled by the kernel you already run
  - ori_b 6y ago
    You can also run flatpak in a linux vm, and use X11 to see it in Windows, so how is this different?
- mattlondon 6y ago
  Is that still true for WSL2?
  - ori_b 6y ago
    WSL1 was not a VM. WSL2 is a VM.
- dastx 6y ago
  Windows based containers do exist. Docker for Windows can run both Linux (a VM) and Windows applications. If I'm not mistaken, both are implemented via HyperV.