Lima: Linux-on-Mac

I always thought “Windows Subsystem for Linux” was phrased backwards and should have been “Linux Subsystem for Windows”. It threw me for a loop when I read that phrasing on the readme.

Re: Lima: Linux-on-Mac

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Post by Procedural » Fri, May 14, 2021, 5:08 PM UTC

Did you know Darth Plagueis died of Ligma?

Re: Lima: Linux-on-Mac

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Post by tgv » Fri, May 14, 2021, 5:16 PM UTC

phamilton wrote: post #2

Is IO still going to be horrible here? Docker on a linux VM, with all code on the linux VM, is significantly faster than Docker for Mac. Generally just because of IO.

IO in Docker has improved greatly, some 6 months or so ago.

Re: Lima: Linux-on-Mac

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Post by alexellisuk » Fri, May 14, 2021, 5:21 PM UTC

phamilton wrote: post #2

Is IO still going to be horrible here? Docker on a linux VM, with all code on the linux VM, is significantly faster than Docker for Mac. Generally just because of IO.

It's going to be pretty bad because it's using SSHFS - but your mileage may vary.

For Docker Desktop, hopefully Justin Cormack will stop by and answer.

Re: Lima: Linux-on-Mac

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Post by alexellisuk » Fri, May 14, 2021, 5:22 PM UTC

seiferteric wrote: post #3

Just vm’s? No syscall emulation?

Right, it's "just" a VM like Multipass which is another alternative we use in the faasd project for developing against containerd on Macs. You need a full Linux host.

https://blog.alexellis.io/containerd-development-multipass/

Re: Lima: Linux-on-Mac

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 14, 2021, 5:23 PM UTC

Procedural wrote: post #5

Did you know Darth Plagueis died of Ligma?

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Re: Lima: Linux-on-Mac

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Post by morsch » Fri, May 14, 2021, 5:28 PM UTC

user3939382 wrote: post #4

I always thought “Windows Subsystem for Linux” was phrased backwards and should have been “Linux Subsystem for Windows”. It threw me for a loop when I read that phrasing on the readme.

I think it's ambiguous either way.