LufyCZ

Words evolve, and sometimes, they gain new meanings. "Bare metal" is not a scientific terms, and so it can be bent depending on the context.

You can either accept that or not, it doesn't change the fact that that's what it now can mean.

It's just what it means in this specific context.

They're not running directly on the host, with directly meaning directly.

If you go by definition, I agree with you, but the definition is not always the thing to go off of.

Have you read my comment? It's about where the packages and services are installed.

In this case, they're installed in the container, not on the host

Not in this context. Bare metal means all packages and services installed and running directly on the host, not through docker/lxc/vms

Earth doesn't have any bills though, dues to the United Federation of Planets are set to start in 2161 at the earliest

it's satire

Yeah, but people don't like change, and I'd expect low level engineers to like it even less.

And looking at Linux, that shit still supports ancient hardware, being able to actually get rid of old code (that now has to be maintained alongside the new code) is gonna be a PITA.

I'm just guessing, but what about backwards compatibility? Or cross-system compatibility?

For example, something like a syscall that's existed for 20 years. Changing it would break old apps.

Of course you could just keep the now "old" syscall and add new methods that replicate it's behavior, but haven't you then introduced bloat? More ways to do the same thing, meaning (eventually) more bugs, more fragmentation, memory usage, etc.

In that case I'm sure they're enjoying their 60 cents per month

You could actually run an actual legit miner on the thing, but yeah, you're not getting ahead your electricity usage.

They live with 2 roommates