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I think that soon we will see private (and painful to install) applications running without effort & transparently into Docker containers.
by agonzalezro 11y ago
I think that soon we will see private (and painful to install) applications running without effort & transparently into Docker containers.
- tcas 11y agoI've already started to do this for annoying environments to replicate, such as cross compiling applications. We simply have a master Dockerfile that creates an image that everyone on the team can share. The cross compile environment can then either be started via a Makefile, or you can run it interactively if you want to use gdbserver or something. Also makes it easy to have a build server compile the binaries on a code push.
- baldfat 11y agoI also was hoping for this BUT the security issues with a container system (runs in root and not user space) makes me think there is a better solution. There are a few Linux package management systems that use a folder to install all the libraries inside a application's folder. This would also run in user space and not within root space like containers need to run.
- SomeStupidPoint 11y agoIt's actually just an issue with Docker. Container technology (and the Linux namespaces behind it) support the ability to run containers as non-root by translating the user with a namespace.
- baldfat 11y agoIt just seems like container like system would fix so many issues with Desktop Linux if it ran on metal. I also like the idea of a Git type system that installed everything to a folder.