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Jan Tuomi · Aug 10, 2026

Linux OCI containers as plain FreeBSD jails (without Podman)

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Abstract : Linux software distributed as OCI container images can be extracted into a FreeBSD jail with Linux compatibility enabled. With a couple of mounts set up to make the extracted root a valid Linux userland, the "container" can run like a regular jail without involving virtual machines or a separate control interface ( podman ). Isolation is handled by the jail subsystem. FreeBSD has a…

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