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Re:Seamlessly run other Linux distributions inside your term... by FireInsight on Monday May 15, 2023 @06:53AM (#35946232)
Well, as much as containers are a chroot. It's also heavily integrated with the host system.
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Re:Seamlessly run other Linux distributions inside your term... by qbasic_forever on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:06AM (#35948338)
It passes through enough of your root filesystem so you can run systemd and a whole new pid 1 inside the 'chroot'.
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