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Re:FreeBSD on Firecracker by sharts on Friday August 25, 2023 @02:14AM (#37258651)
I think bryan cantrill founded a company (joyent? or triton?) to do just that several years ago. It may have been based on solaris/smartos zones which is that exact use case w/ very secure/isolated containers.
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Re:FreeBSD on Firecracker by abwizz on Friday August 25, 2023 @05:21AM (#37259694)
althou it came with linux binary compat (of unknown quality) i think the solaris thing was just too off putting for most customers and the company did not do very well
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Re:FreeBSD on Firecracker by NexRebular on Friday August 25, 2023 @06:41AM (#37260126)
Triton is now being developed by MNX Solutions and seems to be doing quite well.

We run Triton and SmartOS in production and the linux compatibility works via lx-zones just fine. Only some of the linux-locked software, which usually means docker, needs to go inside a bhyve VM.

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