Ask HN: How are you using unikernels?

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LinuxKit

The definition of what a unikernel is needs to be narrowed down, a lot of these projects in the space (not all the ones listed above) have material differences that are not clear: - some run only one language - some require recompilation - some essentially swap out libraries, others do something closer to dropping your already mostly static binary in a minimal disk image - some build pid1 processes, others VMs images Anyway, here are some additional entries in the space: - https://ssrg-vt.github.io/hermitux/ - https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit (more embedded/minimal VM than unikernel) - https://nabla-containers.github.io/ (runs on Solo5) I am going through using Linuxkit to build AMIs for cloud providers now. I wouldn’t necessarily class linuxkit as a universal project because it doesn’t have the hallmark blurring of user and kernel space or kernel-as-a-library but you can customize the kernel so it’s an adjacent idea, and I think it’s the one most likely to be in actual use at non-hyperscalers.

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