Interesting. I've only been working with Docker for a couple of weeks, so I probably have some misconceptions, but I thought that only the kernel was shared wit

Interesting. I've only been working with Docker for a couple of weeks, so I probably have some misconceptions, but I thought that only the kernel was shared with the container host. Of course, you will be installing an OS into the container, and that will bring along its own dependencies. But if you run into this situation then there isn't anything to prevent installing virtualenv in the container too. From my perspective working in the context of server-side python deployment, Docker is looking pretty attractive as an alternative to virtualenv. It allows me to construct an image with the specific dependencies I need, and then run it anywhere.