Re: Docker
- In reply to: Pat Maddox: "Re: Docker"
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 20:28:17 UTC
On Wed, Apr 12, 2023, at 1:25 PM, Pat Maddox wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2023, at 1:01 PM, Gerard E. Seibert wrote: >> On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:38:47 +0200, Mario Marietto stated: >>> ---> Docker will NEVER run on FreeBSD, because Docker is built on >>> technologies which only exist in the Linux kernel. >> >> I have read several articles that state Docker can run on MS Windows. If >> that is true, and I have not seen anything that disproves it, then it >> can run on technologies other than those found in the Linux kernel. > > Docker for Windows and Mac both operate by running a Linux VM, and > running Docker within the VM. > > An equivalent approach in FreeBSD would be to implement docker commands > to spin up a Linux VM in bhyve and run the container inside it. That > has been brought up several times (and summarily rejected by some > people here), and is a different thing from FreeBSD kernel supporting > Docker containers. > > Pat The magic behind docker desktop: https://www.docker.com/blog/the-magic-behind-the-scenes-of-docker-desktop/