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Re:‘Try on Desktop’ Button for Docker Hub by baldfat on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @12:47PM (#9453619)
I also was hoping for this BUT the security issues with a container system (runs in root and not user space) makes me think there is a better solution. There are a few Linux package management systems that use a folder to install all the libraries inside a application's folder. This would also run in user space and not within root space like containers need to run.
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Re:‘Try on Desktop’ Button for Docker Hub by SomeStupidPoint on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @01:15PM (#9453815)
It's actually just an issue with Docker.

Container technology (and the Linux namespaces behind it) support the ability to run containers as non-root by translating the user with a namespace.

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Re:‘Try on Desktop’ Button for Docker Hub by baldfat on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @02:49PM (#9454392)
It just seems like container like system would fix so many issues with Desktop Linux if it ran on metal. I also like the idea of a Git type system that installed everything to a folder.
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