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Ah good, was worried these performance gains from recent CPU advances might create unreasonable user expectations.
by thom 6y ago
Ah good, was worried these performance gains from recent CPU advances might create unreasonable user expectations.
- speedgoose 6y agoIt has always been like this, computers become faster which allow us to do more software abstractions.
- jblow 6y agoOkay, but ... what is being gained here? The ability to package programs so they run on a computer without you worrying about it? That is an ability we had since the 1960s, that people gave up for "reasons" that are questionable at best. Someday people will realize they don't have to make their computers orders of magnitude slower just in order to get back capabilities that used to come automatically. But that day is not today, I guess.
- pixl97 6y ago>The ability to package programs so they run on a computer without you worrying about it? Have we forgot about DLL hell and the myriad of security problems we've experienced since then?
- sneak 6y agoApps in linux containers run at the same speed as any other app running on that system. This comment is pure snark.
- backing 6y agoExactly, the same usage for cpu and astonishingly also for memory. It's no virtual machine but a contained program that doesn't access your host system. Even X11 forward is secure with Xpra X11 bridge.