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0 pointsori_b5y ago0 comments

Docker on Mac or Windows is a Linux VM. It's not magically portable.

0 pointsori_b5y ago0 comments

Docker on Mac or Windows is a Linux VM. It's not magically portable.

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lostmsu5y ago· 2 in thread

As long as it works, does it matter?

bauerd5y ago

Yes, because you get the performance overhead of a VM

Containers are good old userspace processes in comparison scheduled by the kernel you already run

ori_bOP5y ago

You can also run flatpak in a linux vm, and use X11 to see it in Windows, so how is this different?

mattlondon5y ago· 1 in thread

Is that still true for WSL2?

ori_bOP5y ago

WSL1 was not a VM. WSL2 is a VM.

dastx5y ago

Windows based containers do exist. Docker for Windows can run both Linux (a VM) and Windows applications. If I'm not mistaken, both are implemented via HyperV.

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6 comments · 3 top-level

lostmsu5y ago· 2 in thread

As long as it works, does it matter?

bauerd5y ago

Yes, because you get the performance overhead of a VM

Containers are good old userspace processes in comparison scheduled by the kernel you already run

ori_bOP5y ago

You can also run flatpak in a linux vm, and use X11 to see it in Windows, so how is this different?

mattlondon5y ago· 1 in thread

Is that still true for WSL2?

ori_bOP5y ago

WSL1 was not a VM. WSL2 is a VM.

dastx5y ago

Windows based containers do exist. Docker for Windows can run both Linux (a VM) and Windows applications. If I'm not mistaken, both are implemented via HyperV.

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