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"Personally, I think we are on the cusp of a transition from VPS (xen/hvm) to VPS (containers)." A transition back to, I think ... the very first VPS provider

by rsync 12y ago

"Personally, I think we are on the cusp of a transition from VPS (xen/hvm) to VPS (containers)." A transition back to, I think ... the very first VPS provider (JohnCompanies, 2001)[1] was based entirely on FreeBSD jail and was entirely container based, even though those containers were presented as standalone FreeBSD systems. [1] Yes, verio did have that odd VPS-like enterprise service earlier than that, but JC did the first VPS as we came to know it.

Touche 12y ago
Pardon my ignorance but don't containers share the same kernel as the host? Meaning I can't run a Ubuntu container in a BSD jail or vice-versa? I don't want to use containers if it limits my OS choice to being from the same family as the host.