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Re:Tiny Linux distro that runs the entire OS as Docker conta... by michaelmrose on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:48PM (#14229615)
This seems horribly complicated and ridiculous especially since when it was written btrfs which was a requirement was pretty terrible.
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Re:Tiny Linux distro that runs the entire OS as Docker conta... by gbraad on Saturday April 29, 2017 @09:31PM (#14229737)
At the time of writing, btrfs was seen as the hero to be. Things have changed quite a lot. Currently we are solving this problem with a combination of containers and an immutable filesystem (ostree). Anyways, solutions discussed in the open are always a good idea... How ridiculous they may be perceived. Lennart, a Club Mate to you...
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Re:Tiny Linux distro that runs the entire OS as Docker conta... by digi_owl on Saturday April 29, 2017 @09:23PM (#14229702)
Well the author is Lennart Poettering, the guy that "gave" the Linux world Pulseaudio, Avahi and Systemd...
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