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minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoIf by Linux you mean “literally everything except Linux” though, then sure. But I prefer to say what I mean and mean what I say
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 hours agowait, is docker not running a linux environment?
minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoLinux, the kernel, is the thing that containers run on top of. The container does not actually contain an instance of Linux, it shares it with the host.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoyes, it’s another complete operating system with a shared kernel. a lot of more complete full-fledged virtualization software does similar stuff.
If by Linux you mean “literally everything except Linux” though, then sure. But I prefer to say what I mean and mean what I say
wait, is docker not running a linux environment?
Linux, the kernel, is the thing that containers run on top of. The container does not actually contain an instance of Linux, it shares it with the host.
yes, it’s another complete operating system with a shared kernel. a lot of more complete full-fledged virtualization software does similar stuff.