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Re: official Emacs Docker image


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: 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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