Snap in a virtual machine (as an option, possibly during install)?

snapd
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I don’t necessarily disagree with this characterization. I’ve often wondered why Linux doesn’t have “a per-application” virtualization capability similar to other virtualization solutions that offer a “seamless” mode.

I think if something like that existed it would at least help this situation.

I also wonder if Wayland support generally would help solve this problem (at least from the display side). I also feel like between virgl, Zink and Vulkan are also really positive movements in helping solve that particular aspect of the problem.

Maybe I’m crazy but everything else* outside of sound and graphics are solved for high-performance, server based virtualization.

* for some definitions of "everything else"

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Interestingly there could be some prior art / WIP that we could leverage or at least benefit from as a source of knowledge:

https://www.xda-developers.com/microdroid-stripped-down-android-virtual-machines/

and

https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/kernel/generic-kernel-image

and not especially relevant per se but potentially interesting:

https://fuchsia-review.googlesource.com/c/fuchsia/+/485181

I’m starting to ramp up on rust-vmm and related components as a result. Will be fun if nothing else :slight_smile:

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I also wonder if something like crosvm and virtio-wayland would go a long way to getting me to the goal: