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Re:An update on container support on Google Cloud Platform by boundlessdreamz on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @03:23PM (#7874736)
Slightly offtopic - I haven't used docker yet but can docker be used to run Ubuntu on GCE? That seems to be possible by using a ubuntu base image?
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Re:An update on container support on Google Cloud Platform by wmf on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @04:27PM (#7875113)
Ubuntu can run directly on GCE. http://doit-intl.com/blog/2014/5/31/how-to-install-ubuntu-se...
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Re:An update on container support on Google Cloud Platform by nivertech on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @07:21PM (#7875863)
Note that some Google's Debian Wheezy images are specifically optimized for their Andromeda SDN [1], especially when they running on us-central1-b or europe-west1-a zones, where Andromeda is enabled [2].

Also Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has much worse performance than Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, so it's better to stick to 12.04 LTS for now.

In my opinion it's better to port to Debian or to run Ubuntu image inside container hosted on Debian, until they will have native Ubuntu support.

[1] http://gigaom.com/2014/04/02/google-launches-andromeda-a-sof...

[2] http://googlecloudplatform.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/enter-andr...

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Re:An update on container support on Google Cloud Platform by sciurus on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @09:58PM (#7876243)
"Also Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has much worse performance than Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"

Citation needed.

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Re:An update on container support on Google Cloud Platform by nivertech on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @05:40AM (#7877124)
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_14...
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Re:An update on container support on Google Cloud Platform by tonfa on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @05:15PM (#7875367)
Wow, why is it so complicated? Can't you do it from the console?
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Re:An update on container support on Google Cloud Platform by martythemaniak on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @06:06PM (#7875598)
Because they don't have ready-made ubuntu images, so you have to make your own first.

The simpler solution is to use their ready-made Debian images, which can be easily configured via CLI or API.

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Re:An update on container support on Google Cloud Platform by patrickaljord on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @04:26PM (#7875100)
Yes, it is.
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