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fqiao

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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!