macOS Containers v0.0.1

Re:macOS Containers v0.0.1 by keepamovin on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:29AM (#37656177)

Can anyone speak to how the macOS runners on GitHub actions work? It would seem from this post that containers of any kind for macOS are a brand new thing..

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Re:macOS Containers v0.0.1 by mawalu on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:45AM (#37656294)

AFAIK GitHub action runners all use VMs and not containers

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Re:macOS Containers v0.0.1 by slonopotamus on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @05:22AM (#37656604)

Yes, they are VMs

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Re:macOS Containers v0.0.1 by keepamovin on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @05:41AM (#37656796)

Sorry, I don't understand what the difference is in the case of MacOS?

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Re:macOS Containers v0.0.1 by slonopotamus on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @06:08AM (#37657005)

It is the same for any OS. Virtual machine boots a separate instance of the whole OS. This is slow, this is often too much isolated (you can't easily/effectively share files between host and guest), you need to set artificial limits on VM disk/memory/cpu. On the other side, containers work in the context of host OS, what means less overhead and easier interaction with host.

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Re:macOS Containers v0.0.1 by keepamovin on Sunday October 01, 2023 @12:06AM (#37722434)

I see! Thank you! :)

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