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How does additional container management software fragment GNU/Linux?

• api 12y ago
  Think a few steps ahead. These aren't really containers. They're giant statically linked binaries, more or less. The actual operating system is now just a VM host for running containerized giant WIMPs (weakly interacting massive programs). Fast-forward a few years and the host can wither and die and be replaced with a proprietary or custom/fragmented management layer. Linux survives only as an internal pseudo-OS within each mega-binary "container." Edit: what I was really getting at was that these technologies are patches for the inadequacy of the OS. The fact that we need containers at all stems from the difficulty of managing software installations, configuration, etc on the actual operating system.
  • darkarmani 12y ago
    > The fact that we need containers at all stems from the difficulty of managing software installations, configuration, etc on the actual operating system. Great post. However, containers are an easy concept to grasp. Even if the actual OS could be fixed, you'd still want some similar concepts even if the names were different.