Re:Running GUI apps with Docker
by outworlder on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @03:25PM
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My guesses are speed - not that relevant if you are interacting with an app that is waiting for user input - and memory usage.
In a traditional VM, you have to reserve memory that is used by the guest OS and the apps you want to run, and is unavailable as soon as the VM comes up.
Docker is incredibly lightweight in comparison. Also, you can move your development environment around, same way you would move a VM disk around. That requires less resources, again, as there is no OS install.
In a traditional VM, you have to reserve memory that is used by the guest OS and the apps you want to run, and is unavailable as soon as the VM comes up.
Docker is incredibly lightweight in comparison. Also, you can move your development environment around, same way you would move a VM disk around. That requires less resources, again, as there is no OS install.