What is Docker and why is it so darn popular? | Linux Today

What is Docker and why is it so darn popular?

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Aug 5, 2014

Docker, a new container technology, is hotter than hot because it makes it possible to get far more apps running on the same old servers and it also makes it very easy to package and ship programs. Here’s what you need to know about it.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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