Re:Launch HN: Nestybox (YC S20) – Containers beyond microser...
by rmolina on Sunday August 09, 2020 @09:17PM
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Right, that will work.
I fully agree that Sysbox use-cases extend beyond docker-in-docker and k8s-in-docker. These, docker and k8s, were just the first two system 'apps' that we decided to support, but Sysbox can grow to support many others.
To be fair, we are not expecting Sysbox to be able to run _every_ application, for many apps you'll still need hw virtualization. Our goal is to focus on the (potentially large) subset of apps that could technically run inside a container, but are not capable of doing so due to current runtime limitations (mainly coz they were not designed for that purpose).
Thanks.
Re:Launch HN: Nestybox (YC S20) – Containers beyond microser...
by peter_d_sherman on Monday August 10, 2020 @06:22AM
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Sounds absolutely awesome! Congrats on your excellent product / company!
I hope you find much success!
For example, let's say that I'd like to compile some complex piece of Linux software, software for which I don't have all of the third-party software/library dependencies, and I don't want to download/install all of those packages on my desktop Linux computer, because they're only going to spam it up...
Well, it sounds like with a Nestybox -- I could install all of those 3rd party libraries/packages, compile the code (inside of the Nestybox), and then not have to worry about my main Linux desktop being clogged/spammed up by unwanted third party libraries/binaries/dependencies... is that true?
Will Nestybox work for the above scenario?