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> NixOS elevates the entire discussion. NixOS and Docker and other Linux container and isolation madness only exist because the Linux illuminati can't admit th
by bsder 2y ago
> NixOS elevates the entire discussion.
NixOS and Docker and other Linux container and isolation madness only exist because the Linux illuminati can't admit that zones and ZFS got it right.
I wish Linux would just STFU and copy them already. Given the amount of code that has been spilled, Linux could have cleanroom reimplemented zones and ZFS 10 times over by now.
- irusensei 2y agoThats only half of the picture. These tools gain traction because of orchestration and reproducibility. Nix, NixOS and Dockerfiles allow you to define an entire structure through infrastructure code. Is there something similar on any current BSD?
- ChoHag 2y ago[dead]
- cess11 2y agoJust use ZFS with Linux? It's been available as kernel modules for I don't know how long.
- darby_nine 2y agoI was under the impression that was the much less reliable implementation of ZFS but maybe I'm remembering incorrectly.
- anotherhue 2y agoNo it's the one true implementation now. With original flavour developers and everything.
- pjmlp 2y agoAnd HP-UX Vaults.
- anotherhue 2y agoNo, zones / jails are about isolation. I'm talking about composability and repeatability. The process feels more like compiling a program than decorating a house.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoSo... Linux literally has ZFS, ported wholesale from OpenSolaris, and is also homegrowing BTRFS and bcachefs as alternatives. I don't think zones could be ported as easily as ZFS, but LXC seems like a pretty close recreation, and honestly for most people I think docker was an improvement.