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Great blog post. It doesn't sound like something FreeBSD would do, but I wonder how much more traction Jails would get, if it was renamed to "FreeBSD Container

Great blog post. It doesn't sound like something FreeBSD would do, but I wonder how much more traction Jails would get, if it was renamed to "FreeBSD Containers." The name Jails always struck me as a more appropriate name for RBAC or similar. It's sometimes easy for those of us who've been here several decades to forget that a vast percentage of people in the industry now were too young to remember, let alone be aware of the FreeBSD <=4.6 days.

vermaden 4y ago
Not sure. I sometimes myself use 'containers' for them - as this is just what they are: - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/12/15/secure-containerized-browser/ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2021/12/15/secure-containeriz... - https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2019/06/05/rabbitmq-cluster-on-freebsd-containers/ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2019/06/05/rabbitmq-cluster-o... When Jails were implemented this 'feature' was called OS Level Virtualization. When Docker was introduced in 2014 it renamed itself from that OS Level Virtualization to Containers and it got a lot of traction. Linux had earlier attempts at OS Level Virtualization like OpenVZ for example (used that in the past too). The World also had a lot of other 'container' technologies before Docker such as - FreeBSD Jails - Solaris Zones/Containers - IBM WPAR - HP Virtual Machines - HP SRP Containers ... but for some reason Docker was 'the thing' instead of them - while doing generally the same or less better. Regards.