Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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Virtual machines and containers both isolate workloads, but they do it differently. This explainer shows VMs as whole guest systems under a hypervisor and containers as packaged applications sharing a kernel—then gives three useful questions for choosing a starting point.

Security and platform behavior depend on the configuration and workload; this is a concept guide, not an installation tutorial. Sources are listed in `research.md`.

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