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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by cesarb on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @06:07AM (#38852791)
> [...] VMs are banned [...] Docker works but [...]

I might be missing something, but isn't Docker on Windows or MacOS actually a VM running Linux (or, on Windows, perhaps it uses WSL2, which is also a VM running Linux)? How could you use Docker if VMs are banned?

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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by master-lincoln on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:22AM (#38853738)
Docker on Windows can run without VM if the guest in the container is a Windows with a matching kernel and the process isolation is enabled in docker parameters.

Similar situation for MacOS docker containers on a MacOS host (see recently discussed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37655477)

But for running Linux containers on MacOS or Windows I think you are right

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