LXC
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
1recommend
0warn against
Dec 30, 2025first mention
Oct 23, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“So I just switched to LXC”
switched from systemd-nspawnon “A whirlwind tour of systemd-nspawn containers (2025)”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
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- Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow? (June 2026) 1 mention
Data: lxc.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“So I just switched to LXC”
“we ran all our CI builds in LXC containers”
“and LXC when docker won't cut it for whatever reason”
“I used lxc many years ago and used to support it in my company's products”
“I keep looking at LXC on my Proxmox box versus the optimization of VMs”
“Self made TUI that just lists LXC containers.”
“Linux has lxc, wich is much closer to Jails afaik.”
“I use LXD + LXC”