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Re:Building and Shipping Mac and iOS Apps Without Ever Openi... by NamlchakKhandro on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @01:19AM (#48902587)
"Apple Containers"

I love how people say this like Apple finally created a native solution...

They didn't. It's just a linux vm running normal docker engine.

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Re:Building and Shipping Mac and iOS Apps Without Ever Openi... by 999_cirno on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @02:34AM (#48903008)
> It's just a linux vm running normal docker engine

OCI compatible, but not docker

https://github.com/apple/container/blob/main/docs/technical-...

Actually makes use of Virtualization.framework mentioned above.

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Re:Building and Shipping Mac and iOS Apps Without Ever Openi... by sunnybeetroot on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @01:44AM (#48902708)
How else do you want people to refer to Apple’s tool called container?
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