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This is bullshit. Containers run natively on your system just like "native" [sic] applications.
They literally say they are a fucking container tool like Docker in their own FAQ , you silly person.
That’s not what the FAQ says, rather it says Flatpaks are often sandboxed but not fully containerized. Containers don’t need to have a performance penalty because they run on the same kernel as the host. Container tech applies a chroot, disables some capabilities within the container and that’s about it. They are in contrast to virtual machines that need to boot an entire additional OS before doing anything.
Looks like I don't understand how it works and should simply shut the fuck up instead of spreading nonsense.
That's not what they were refuting. They were just saying that containers run on the metal just like any other software.
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Read again. You completely misunderstood.
What's a container that doesn't run natively on the system called?
There is no such thing.
Containers are just separated from the rest of your system by cgroups. You can even see the executable running in containers with
psandtop. They're native binaries running on the same kernel as the rest of your system.☁️