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0 pointsgunian1y ago0 comments

no i get it its amazing engineering same thing with firecracker wish there was something like that lighter than docker for all 3 major platforms

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elcritch1y ago· 7 in thread

Well even docker only runs on Linux with some magic to make it look local. Probably the closest similar thing would be WASM stuff.

fwsgonzo1y ago

Someone joined my discord recently and showed me this one: https://github.com/ashishbijlani/kwarantine

It runs on bare metal, though. I just thought it was very interesting to see. Must have been a lot of work.

mrbluecoat1y ago

A four-year-old repo with no code? Not sure what you mean by "showed me".

jpeeler1y ago

Looks interesting, but "coming soon" with last commit 3 months ago... I'm sure they are working on it. But soon is probably not correct.

yjftsjthsd-h1y ago

> Kwarantine is a thin hypervisor that directly runs containers/workers on the hardware (no VMs).

> hypervisor

> no VMs

Um?

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clhodapp1y ago

There actually is a true native Windows docker, as grotesque of a concept as that is:

https://hub.docker.com/r/microsoft/windows

My understanding is that it... Doesn't work all that well.

HumanOstrich1y ago

That's a Docker container image for Windows, not "native Windows Docker". Docker on Windows uses WSL2 which is a Linux VM.

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genewitch1y ago

it's worked for "run this docker to use this code" sort of things on windows for me. That's all i use it for, it's an inconvenience. Docker, that is. Not docker on windows. Docker in general.

yjftsjthsd-h1y ago

Oh okay yes I definitely agree that it would be great to have that:)

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9 comments · 2 top-level

elcritch1y ago· 7 in thread

Well even docker only runs on Linux with some magic to make it look local. Probably the closest similar thing would be WASM stuff.

fwsgonzo1y ago

Someone joined my discord recently and showed me this one: https://github.com/ashishbijlani/kwarantine

It runs on bare metal, though. I just thought it was very interesting to see. Must have been a lot of work.

mrbluecoat1y ago

A four-year-old repo with no code? Not sure what you mean by "showed me".

jpeeler1y ago

Looks interesting, but "coming soon" with last commit 3 months ago... I'm sure they are working on it. But soon is probably not correct.

yjftsjthsd-h1y ago

> Kwarantine is a thin hypervisor that directly runs containers/workers on the hardware (no VMs).

> hypervisor

> no VMs

Um?

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clhodapp1y ago

There actually is a true native Windows docker, as grotesque of a concept as that is:

https://hub.docker.com/r/microsoft/windows

My understanding is that it... Doesn't work all that well.

HumanOstrich1y ago

That's a Docker container image for Windows, not "native Windows Docker". Docker on Windows uses WSL2 which is a Linux VM.

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genewitch1y ago

it's worked for "run this docker to use this code" sort of things on windows for me. That's all i use it for, it's an inconvenience. Docker, that is. Not docker on windows. Docker in general.

yjftsjthsd-h1y ago

Oh okay yes I definitely agree that it would be great to have that:)

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