Comment on I dockerized my Nextcloud
ilmagico@lemmy.world 5 months agoMy point is, since its meaning depends on the context, I don’t see the issue for it to mean, in the context of containers, “outside of a container”. Just like in the case of VMs, or OS vs No OS, it means there’s one fewer layer between the app and the hardware, whether that’s a VM, Container runtime, or the OS.
I’m pretty sure everybody, including you, understood its meaning in this context, it didn’t really cause any misunderstanding.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
No, it’s confusing. Because some people do use VMs. So it makes it far less clear about what a person’s setup is.
An application running in a container runs exactly the same as a non-container application. It uses the same kernel. And it all runs directly on the CPU. There is no metal/non-metal distinction to make. People just say it because it “sounds cool”. And there are a lot of people in this community who don’t understand what containers are. So it further muddies the water