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Hi, Thanks for your comments. It's nice to hear from someone who is well informed and can tell the difference. Unfortunately as any container thread on HN itse
by tobbyb 11y ago
Hi, Thanks for your comments. It's nice to hear from someone who is well informed and can tell the difference.
Unfortunately as any container thread on HN itself will show and a lot of persistent questions we get on flockport.com confirm, there is still lot of needless confusion.
And that post was written for new users to the world of containers who may not know for instance that you DO need a process manager or a script to run multiple apps in Docker. You do not 'think about running, installing a process manager' in LXC. It a default like any OS environment the average user would be used to for instance on their system or a VM.
As an experienced user you can appreciate that distinction for new users. Also Docker was designed with the single app restriction. It's a significant difference with LXC. The Docker OS template is intentionally restricted to do this. You can work around it but if it is your intention to multiple apps why not just use LXC itself? It's there for a purpose which the Docker site, and ecosystem articulate.
A lot of your other points are coming from an in-depth understanding of both LXC, Docker and the operating system. A lot of users do not have this perspective to being with. That post merely draws this out and hopes to inform.