Re:Show HN: Local-First Linux MicroVMs for macOS
by nsonha on Sunday February 22, 2026 @10:20PM
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installing new tools inside container requires you to update the Dockerfile and rebuild, here it seems you can simply run the installation command and create a checkpoint
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Re:Show HN: Local-First Linux MicroVMs for macOS
by fulafel on Monday February 23, 2026 @01:22AM
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You can do this with Docker too without Dockerfile or rebuilding. You can treat the container as mutable and just start/stop it, doing changes manually, and make snapshots with docker commit.
You'll forfeit the benefits of reproducible scripted environment of course but Docker does let you do it.