Building a “real” Linux distro

Re:Building a “real” Linux distro by stonogo on Friday May 05, 2017 @01:24PM (#14275133)

Think of it like docker without the network overhead, using the os kernel as kubernetes.

Think of it like webworkers with the kernel as the js runtime.

Ram is cheap. Complexity is expensive.

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Re:Building a “real” Linux distro by peterwwillis on Friday May 05, 2017 @01:28PM (#14275173)

Multiple different versions of the same software running in the same environment increases complexity. Ram is cheap, loading code into ram wastes cycles and following new or different code paths trashes cpu cache and recent code paths.

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Re:Building a “real” Linux distro by zzzcpan on Friday May 05, 2017 @01:34PM (#14275219)

So far I see only the opposite. Inability to be flexible about multiple versions adds a lot of unnecessary complexity.

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