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Re:Tiny Linux distro that runs the entire OS as Docker conta... by trhway on Saturday April 29, 2017 @03:42PM (#14228320)
>Kind-of like implementing a filesystem on top op a filesystem

yep, when you want a distributed filesystem building it on top of a good and already working local filesystem is a pretty robust and cheap approach.

>smell like a system on top of a system to fix something that could be fixed in the system.

container layer is basically a distributed OS. Making a distributed OS by "fixing in the system" is pretty much non-starter ... or a huge academia project.

Re:Tiny Linux distro that runs the entire OS as Docker conta... by michaelmrose on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:55PM (#14229628)
How is docker a distributed OS?