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Reputation:

How does it possible that Ubuntu image has only ~100MB?

I can't understand one thing. I read about images and AUFS file system and I think that I got it. However, when I look at iso file on ubuntu site it is meaningfully more than 100MB. Where is key ? In graphical enviroment? (eg. KDE)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 118

Answers (1)

Farhad Farahi
Farhad Farahi

Reputation: 39507

Docker Images are minimal meaning, they contain only a few number of libraries (needed libraries). They don't include kernel, because containers use docker host's kernel.

You can download and inspect official ubuntu cloud image (source of library/ubuntu yekkety) from here.

Another thing to note: Base images usually don't include window managers and desktop environments.

Upvotes: 1

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