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	happymellon 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Docker has always used microVMs (well since 2016) Docker is a shared kernel.
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yjftsjthsd-h 9 days ago [–]

Yes, and this article is about Docker Desktop running it in a VM with its own kernel.

happymellon 8 days ago | [–]

Running all the containers with a shared kernel...

Yeah, if you are going to run Linux software on Mac or Windows then you'll need a VM. But security is not the reason for a VM.

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