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How are they functioning differently? Which features of the kernel are they using?

NeoWang
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  • Have you already looked at this [CoreOS blog post](https://coreos.com/blog/rocket/), *Why we are building rkt* section is probably a good place to start your search? – Roman Oct 26 '16 at 03:21
  • The blog post you've attached is almost 2 years old, I think linking to more up-to-date sources can give more relevant information, especially when looking at the recent developments in the container wars, like this one - http://thenewstack.io/docker-fork-talk-split-now-table/ – Yaron Idan Oct 26 '16 at 05:53
  • And you think an recent article that sites no sources about what may or may not happen is more useful than a blog post from the company that created the tool about why they created it? – Roman Oct 26 '16 at 06:09
  • 1. cites, not sites. 2. The recent article cites multiple sources, but still isn't a proper answer in my mind. See my answer below - which answers best to @NeoWang's question, IMHO. – Yaron Idan Oct 27 '16 at 09:43

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You can read all about it in this link

Basically, my impression is that rkt takes pride in being image-agnostic (meaning you can run images that were built using docker or other container engines) and contain less overhead than docker does. This is a nice picture to describe the differences between the two (taken from the link I've attached) - enter image description here

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