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Re: official Emacs Docker image
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: official Emacs Docker image |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Dec 2016 13:25:32 -0500 |
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> > I see how it makes sense to use this on Windows. But it seems absurd to
use
> > this on GNU/Linux. Why does anyone do that?
> On GNU/Linux systems, it runs the image in a low-cost container, providing
> better process separation than chroot, while also allowing you to use
> alternative kernel versions, or a different distro (for example, running
> something built for CentOS on a Debian box).
I guess that makes sense for special circumstances. Anyway, it does
no wrong to anyone. So please support it if you want to.
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Dr Richard Stallman
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