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Incus has joined LinuxContainers (LXC) (linuxcontainers.org)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I stumbled upon this interesting platform and thought I'd share.

Incus provides support for system containers and virtual machines.

When running a system container, Incus simulates a virtual version of a full operating system. To do this, it uses the functionality provided by the kernel running on the host system.

When running a virtual machine, Incus uses the hardware of the host system, but the kernel is provided by the virtual machine. Therefore, virtual machines can be used to run, for example, a different operating system.

You can learn more about the differences between application containers, system containers and virtual machines in our documentation.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My best guess would be to have a single point of management for both LXCs and VMs.