Getting Started with Docker

Dec 17, 2015, 23:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Carla Schroder)

Docker is the excellent new container application that is generating much buzz and many silly stock photos of shipping containers. Containers are not new; so, what's so great about Docker? Docker is built on Linux Containers (LXC). It runs on Linux, is easy to use, and is resource-efficient.

Docker containers are commonly compared with virtual machines.

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