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Source: Visual Studio Code Spotted Running On Pixelbook Via Crostini Container
"The containers we speak of are the type that run a specific instance of an application and rely mostly on the hardware of the machine or server they are running on with little to no dependency on a parent operating system.
This makes mass deployment of a particular app not only possible but efficient. The application can call on whatever amount of system resources it requires and do its thing without any other calls from OSes. Everything the app requires (outside of the hardware component) is packaged in a nice, clean “container.”
This is not to be confused with a “virtual machine” which, in essence, creates a virtual operating system and all of the things that come with it.
The coolest part is that these two services can actually play together and that’s exactly what we’re seeing unfold in some upcoming features coming to Chrome OS.
The average user has been using a container on Chrome OS for some time now and may be completely unaware. Android apps on a Chromebook run in their very own containers. ARC (Android Runtime for Chrome) isolates Android apps inside Linux containers to sandbox them and maintain the integrity of the Chrome operating system."
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VS Code running "natively" on my pixelbook thanks to crostini. Can't wait for this to land properly! Looks like 2018 might be the year of Linux on the desktop for me.
"The containers we speak of are the type that run a specific instance of an application and rely mostly on the hardware of the machine or server they are running on with little to no dependency on a parent operating system.
This makes mass deployment of a particular app not only possible but efficient. The application can call on whatever amount of system resources it requires and do its thing without any other calls from OSes. Everything the app requires (outside of the hardware component) is packaged in a nice, clean “container.”
This is not to be confused with a “virtual machine” which, in essence, creates a virtual operating system and all of the things that come with it.
The coolest part is that these two services can actually play together and that’s exactly what we’re seeing unfold in some upcoming features coming to Chrome OS.
The average user has been using a container on Chrome OS for some time now and may be completely unaware. Android apps on a Chromebook run in their very own containers. ARC (Android Runtime for Chrome) isolates Android apps inside Linux containers to sandbox them and maintain the integrity of the Chrome operating system."
