9. April 2025 | Hypervisor, Linux Containers | Docker | LXC | runc
Good question! Here’s the main difference between LXC and Xen: LXC (Linux Containers) uses operating system-level virtualization. It shares the same Linux kernel between all containers. Containers are isolated from each other, but they’re all running on the same...
4. April 2025 | Linux Containers | Docker | LXC | runc
LXC has been around since about 2008! 🚀 It was developed as part of the Linux kernel’s growing support for cgroups (control groups) and namespaces, which allow process isolation — two key ingredients for containers. So timeline-wise: 2006–2008: Linux kernel gets...
