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illumos day 2014: The Dream is Alive! Running Linux containers on an illumos kernel

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What it is

Bryan Cantrill's illumos Day 2014 talk on running Linux containers on an illumos kernel via LX-branded zones. He covers emulating Linux syscalls on SmartOS and compares Linux and Solaris-derived systems.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as an entertaining deep dive on Linux emulation on SmartOS and on how the Solaris kernel and libc are tightly coupled.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “I really enjoyed this talk[1] by Bryan Cantrill”

    Lengthy, enjoyable talk on emulating Linux syscalls on SmartOS, with htop rant.

    ketralnis, 2016-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Show HN: Htop 2.0 released, now cross-platform”

  2. “Though it is from 2014, it is interesting on comparison between linux and smartos(solaris).”

    Compares Linux and SmartOS while running Linux containers on illumos.

    AnbeSivam, 2015-10 · Recommendation · in “Running Linux containers on an illumos kernel”

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Topics: bryan cantrill, smartos, lx zones, containers, syscalls

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