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The platform itself. Like, can it run Firefox? Can I actually do normal stuff in the browser like watch a YouTube video or join a Zoom call? Can I run VSCode

• lproven 4mo ago
  It is not a Linux distro. It is not a Linux at all; it is a completely different, independent OS. It is not a Unix at all: it's an independent ground-up C++ OS that implements a lot of POSIX-type APIs to make it easier to port Unix apps. Docker is literally a Linux native tool that is for Linux only. The only way Docker works on anything that isn't Linux is by running a Linux VM, containing Alpine. It is not a Linux and no you cannot do Linux things with it like run Linux containers, because to run Linux containers you need Linux and this is not a Linux. I am trying to emphasize this because your question seems to be asking "what kind of Linux is this?" and this is a category error. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_mistake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_mistake Or, as ESR originally put it, it's an X/Y problem: https://mywiki.wooledge.org/XyProblem https://mywiki.wooledge.org/XyProblem Yes, a Firefox port became available recently. I don't know if it can run Zoom. I go out of my way to avoid Zoom if I possibly can.
  • ranger_danger 4mo ago
    > The only way Docker works on anything that isn't Linux is by running a Linux VM, containing Alpine. Sorry but this is demonstrably false. Not only is Alpine not a requirement in the slightest, Windows Server's own containers work as a backend for Docker just fine.
    • lproven 4mo ago
      Sure, but you can't run your Linux containers in them. But you can on FreeBSD. Which was my point.