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by tasuki 1482 days ago
Wasn't the main selling point of docker "no more VMs"?
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matyasrichter 1482 days ago
That's true on Linux, where the container shares the host's kernel. On Windows, they need to create a Linux VM and run the Docker daemon inside it.
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namaria 1482 days ago
IMHO doing development work on any long lived environment (especially if also used for personal internet browsing) is a mistake. Embracing disposable VMs for everything has saved me so much time and headache - just scrap it and start anew. Then my personal compute space remains very simple and debris free.
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tasuki 1481 days ago
> Embracing disposable VMs for everything has saved me so much time and headache

Yes, but wasn't the main selling point of Docker "no more VMs"? It solves the same issues, without the drawbacks of running virtual machines.

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dilyevsky 1482 days ago
This is for macs where no container api exists to this day
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