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Comment #47843849
So we originally just wanted the vm to be light-weight and can start fast, so we removed docker. @binsquare has a change later to add docker back.
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Comment #47837254
Let us know your thoughts! Thanks
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Comment #47810984
yah, i guess everybody share the experience of "i messed up with my dev env" right? We want this "machine" to be shippable, meaning that once it is configured correctly, it can be …
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Comment #47810945
No worry at all! Thanks!
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Comment #47810940
Thanks so much! Feel free to try it out if you have a chance, and let's us know your thoughts. Thanks!
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Comment #47810925
Hey thanks so much for the feedback. Yah try it and let us know. We have a discord if you want to join, but either github or discord feel free to report any issues you find to us. …
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Comment #47810824
Thanks so much for the feedbacks. Yes these are valid concerns around libkrun security, We are planning and developing features around them actually, and hopefully that could allev…
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Comment #47810303
I came across SmolBSD before too. Cool project!
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Comment #47810282
I see. so right now smolvm can be stopped, and then "packed" (think of it as compressed), and restart on a different host. files in the disks are preserved, but memory snapshotting…
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Comment #47810250
we will evaluate. I created this issue to track this: https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm/issues/150 Really appreciate the feedback!
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Comment #47810191
Cannot thank you more for this! Lets' work together to see how we can make this easier for cave!
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Comment #47810063
Really appreciate it! Would love to work together to make this easier to use.
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Comment #47810036
Really appreciate the suggestion! By "live migration", do you mean keeping the existing files and migrate them elsewhere with the vm? Thanks
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Comment #47809202
Hey, thanks so much! yah we will definitely add windows support later. We are exploring how to get this work with WSL and will release it asap. Stay tuned and thanks!
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Comment #47809057
Will do. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Comment #47809009
this is me: https://github.com/phooq @binsquare is this one: https://github.com/BinSquare
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Comment #47808983
Yes. files on the disks are kept across stop and restart. We also have a pack command to compress the machine as a single file so that it can shipped and rehydrated elsewhere
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Comment #47808889
Thanks so much
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Comment #47808859
Yes, having a light-weight solution for local devices as well is one primary goal of the design. Another one is to make it easy for hosting, self or managed
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Comment #47808719
@binsquare basically brute-force trimmed down unnecessary linux kernel modules, tried to get the vm started with just bare minimum. There are more rooms for improvement for sure. W…
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Comment #47808511
Give it a try folks. Would really love to hear all the feedbacks! Cheers!