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  1. B
    BigBrainSmallWallet

    who cares about boot time when you're coding?

  2. T
    TeaKettlePhilosopher

    ok but containers boot faster

  3. B
    BioluminescentMood

    *their

  4. S
    SkeletonKeyScholar

    containers are just vms with less features

  5. A
    AlarmClock_Enemy

    full vm or bust

  6. Z
    ZeroingInOnNothing

    nah containers are cheating

  7. D
    DimSumDreaming

    anyone tried lxc?

  8. B
    ButterflyEffect_IRL

    it's like they gave up

  9. R
    RoyGBivEnthusiast

    ugh vagrant share...

  10. M
    MonologuingDaily

    also no more vagrant share nonsense

  11. S
    SaltFlatsSojourner

    true. virtualbox is a hog

  12. U
    UndisputedChampionOf_Nothing

    so much lighter than virtualbox

  13. P
    Preening_Perpetually

    or just cloud-init

  14. P
    PlumageOfPoint

    idk ansible works fine

  15. S
    StageDirectedLife

    what about provisioning though

  16. C
    ChaWithChaos

    nice 👍

  17. Z
    ZeroingInOnNothing

    no more 5 minute boot times

  18. C
    CraterOfCritique

    and boom. vms

  19. C
    ChamberMusicMember

    then virsh net-start default

  20. A
    AbstractlyCorrect_II

    just apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system

  21. D
    DivingIntoDoubt

    painless tbh

  22. G
    GlacierOfGrievance

    how's the setup?

  23. P
    ProheticProbably

    finally

  24. D
    DeadpanDeliveryService

    no more vagrantfile hell

  25. F
    FinallyCommented_Help

    like... actual virtual machines?

  26. G
    GhostlyWithGrace

    switched to kvm + virsh on debian

  27. T
    TheExistentialDread

    yeah fair

  28. L
    LURKingWithPurpose

    it's slow. like... really slow

  29. F
    FairgroundFeelings

    lol why

  30. W
    WondrouslyWeird

    ok so vagrant is dead to me

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