Linux, of course, has long had hypervisors such as its built-in KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) and Xen but containers take a different approach to virtualization. In traditional hypervisors, the entire ...

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I spoke with Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical and Ubuntu's founder, and Dustin Kirkland, Canonical's product manager, at the conference, and here's really what's going on with LXD. First, on the technical ...

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The use of open source software in companies is increasing. This is mostly for financial reasons. Ubuntu, Docker and Python are used particularly often. According to a survey, companies are using open ...

This last couple of weeks has seen some tension within the Linux Container world as CoreOS launched its Rocket container and questioned Docker’s longer term motives. Adding fuel to the fire today ...